Networked Governance: The Future of Intergovernmental Management - Softcover

Jack W. Meek is professor of public administration and Chair of the MPA program at the University of La Verne, California. He previously served as department chair and Coordinating Dean, School of Public Affairs and Health Administration at the University of La Verne. In 2007 he was the CAPES Foreign Visiting Professor at the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil. His research on policy administration and development, complex systems and public administration education has been published in Public Administration Review, Emergence: Complexity and Organization, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Public Administration Education, Administrative Theory and Practice, and other journals. His co-edited book, Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies, is forthcoming in 2008. He received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Claremont Graduate University in 1980.

"Networked Governance: The Future of Intergovernmental Management is both a timely and excellent book. In it leading scholars and practitioners boldly take on the most vexing public administration challenge of the hour, finding ways to effectively confront public problems that ignore jurisdictional boundaries. It is the best book available on this subject." --H. George Frederickson, University of Kansas

"Managing the manifold processes, systems, and programs of government agencies today and in the near future requires public managers to master the intergovernmental network. The aptly titled Network Governance brings together the insights and observations of academics, practitioners, and policy analysts to illuminate the challenges of managing government agencies in a federal system today and tomorrow. As the intergovernmental system continues to be more and more complex, the set of essays in this book will be a useful reference and source of ideas." --Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Managers and scholars alike will find Networked Governance to be an invaluable resource for identifying the unique challenges and emerging best practices in intergovernmental partnerships and collaborations. With contributions from leading academics and practitioners, the book demonstrates that the best thinking emerges when public administrators work together across institutional boundaries." --Paul L. Posner, George Mason University