Koliba, Asim Zia, (both community development and applied economics, U. of Vermont), and Jack W. Meek (public administration, U. of La Verne) offer a conceptual framework for describing
governance networks as a holistic way to conceive of their construction. They also address the practical application of the framework by public administrators, policy analysts, policy makers,
students, and researchers. Most of their examples come from the US, where the principle and practices of federalism have smoothed the way for power to slide from the government to corporations
and other interest groups. Among the topics are defining the governance networks, characteristics of ties between actors, how such networks are managed, hybridized accountability regimes, and
performance management and measurement. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
