Methods In Democratic Network Governance

There are several competing theoretical approaches to studying governance networks. However, methodological questions about how to study democratic network governance have so far received little research attention. Methods in Democratic Network Governance aims to remedy this problem by addressing some important methodological questions in relation to a comparative case study of the multilevel network governance of employment policy in Britain, France and Denmark.

There are several competing theoretical approaches to studying governance networks. However, methodological questions about how to study democratic network governance have so far received little research attention. Methods in Democratic Network Governance aims to remedy this problem by addressing some important methodological questions in relation to a comparative case study of the multilevel network governance of employment policy in Britain, France and Denmark.

PETER BOGASON has been Professor of Public Administration at Roskilde University since 1991. Previously he taught in the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, where he also received his PhD. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Bielefeld and the University of Leiden. He is a member of the Steering Group of the European Thematic Network in Public Administration, and an expert for the EU commission in the 5th and 6th Framework Programs. His recent books include Tampering with Tradition: The Unrealized Authority of Democratic Agency (2004), Fragmenteret Forvaltning (Fragmented Public Administration) (2002) and Public Policy and Local Governance: Institutions in Postmodern Society (2000).

METTE ZØLNER is Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She has written Re-Imagining the Nation and published on values and identities of French managers. She is currently working on a book on French managers in small and medium-sized companies in the era of globalization.