Introduction: Social Network Analysis Applications in Complex Governance Networks

The growth in studying complexity, governance, and networks is a noticeable fact. Complex public policy problems require productive collaborations among multiple actors from different sectors. Public, private, and not-for-profit organizations work through governance networks and collaborative govern...

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Main Author: Naim Kapucu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bamberg Press 2015-06-01
Series:Complexity, Governance & Networks
Online Access:https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/ojs/index.php/cgn/article/view/30
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Summary:The growth in studying complexity, governance, and networks is a noticeable fact. Complex public policy problems require productive collaborations among multiple actors from different sectors. Public, private, and not-for-profit organizations work through governance networks and collaborative governance to solve complex public policy problems. There is a strong interest in both the practice and theory of networks in public governance. This interest has given boost to the use of social network analysis (SNA) in studies on complex governance networks. This special issue of Complexity, Governance, & Networks, includes theoretically, conceptually, and analytically rigorous papers with social network analysis applications. The papers help our understanding in studying complex governance networks.
ISSN:2214-2991
2214-3009