Program on Networked Governance

[Tom Johnson]

Surely this will be of interest to some on the list (right Merle?)

The Program on Networked
Governance<http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/netgov/html/index.htm>

"The traditional notion of hierarchical, top down, government has always
been an imperfect match for the decentralized governance system of the US.
However, much of what government does requires co-production of policy among
agencies that have no formal authority over each other, fundamentally
undermining the traditional Weberian image of bureaucracy. Networked
governance refers to a growing body of research on the interconnectedness of
essentially sovereign units, which examines how those interconnections
facilitate or inhibit the functioning of the overall system. The objective
of this program is two-fold: (1) to foster research on networked governance
and (2) to provide a forum to discuss the challenges of networked
governance."
--tj

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[Marko Rodriguez]

A related paper of mine:

http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.CY/0412047

This is not at the institutional level, but at the individual level--the
movement of power (decision making influence) between individuals.

At the institutional level, check this work out by Carlos Gershenson:

http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0603045

Marko.



On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 23:14 -0600, Tom Johnson wrote:

> Surely this will be of interest to some on the list (right Merle?)
>
>
> The Program on Networked Governance
>
> "The traditional notion of hierarchical, top down, government has
> always been an imperfect match for the decentralized governance system
> of the US. However, much of what government does requires co-
> production of policy among agencies that have no formal authority over
> each other, fundamentally undermining the traditional Weberian image
> of bureaucracy. Networked governance refers to a growing body of
> research on the interconnectedness of essentially sovereign units,
> which examines how those interconnections facilitate or inhibit the
> functioning of the overall system. The objective of this program is
> two-fold: (1) to foster research on networked governance and (2) to
> provide a forum to discuss the challenges of networked governance."
>
> --tj
>
> --
> ==============================================
> J. T. Johnson
> Institute for Analytic Journalism
> www.analyticjournalism.com
> 505.577.6482 (c)                                 505.473.9646(h)
> http://www.jtjohnson.com               tom at jtjohnson.com
>
> "You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
> To change something, build a new model that makes the
> existing model obsolete."
>                                                    -- Buckminster
> Fuller
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