Methods in democratic network governance /
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. |
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| Description: | xiv, 249 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6244384 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Foreword
- Notes on the Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Methods for Network Governance Research: an Introduction
- 1.1. Why a book on methodology?
- 1.2. What is network governance?
- 1.3. Empirical research on network governance
- 1.4. Methodology
- 1.5. Structure of the book
- Notes
- 2. A Comparative and Multi-level Analysis of Governance Networks: a Pilot Study of Employment Policy
- 2.1. Selection of scope, policy area, countries and sites
- 2.2. Research strategy: output-based backward mapping
- 2.3. Multiple methods
- 2.4. Managing collective research processes and data collection
- 2.5. Lessons learned from the pilot study
- 3. Empirical Findings: Seven Network Stories
- 3.1. The transnational governance network
- 3.2. The Danish national governance network
- 3.3. The English national governance network
- 3.4. The French national governance network
- 3.5. The local governance network in Koge
- 3.6. The local governance network in Birmingham
- 3.7. The local governance network in Grenoble
- 3.8. Summing up
- 4. Comparative Analysis Based on Expert Reports
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Comparative studies based on expert reports
- 4.3. A critical assessment of the use of expert reports
- 4.4. How should expert reports be analysed?
- 4.5. Assessing and analysing expert reports
- 4.6. Lessons learned
- 5. Document Analysis of Network Topography and Network Programmes
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Different ways of reading documents
- 5.3. Documents lost and found
- 5.4. Analysing network topography
- 5.5. Analysing network programmes
- 5.6. Conclusions
- 6. Qualitative Interviews: Studying Network Narratives
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Qualitative interviews in relation to the study of network governance
- 6.3. Selecting respondents
- 6.4. Conducting interviews
- 6.5. Analysing policy actors' narratives on labour market governance
- 6.6. Conclusion
- Notes
- 7. Studying Local Network Exclusion through Observation and Diaries
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Observation studies and diary writing
- 7.3. Undertaking observation and diary studies in Koge, Birmingham and Grenoble
- 7.4. The data material and how it was analysed
- 7.5. Analysing observations and diaries: some tentative research results
- 7.6. Concluding remarks on the use of observation and diaries in network studies
- 8. Interactive Focus Group Interviewing in Studies of Network Governance
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Interactive focus group interviewing and network governance
- 8.3. Practical application
- 8.4. Analysing network governance through focus group interviews
- 8.5. Lessons from interactive focus group interviewing in studies of governance networks
- 9. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Network Governance: Promises, Problems, Pay-offs and Potentials
- 9.1. The promises of method-mixing for the analysis of network governance
- 9.2. Experiences from the pilot study: the problems
- 9.3. Experiences from the pilot study: the pay-offs
- 9.4. Potentials: lessons learned and future directions
- Notes
- 10. Conclusion
- 10.1. Questions and answers
- 10.2. Challenges in the research process
- 10.3. Final points
- References
- Index