Government decisions are often presented as if they were the outcome of a single authority acting with unified purpose and complete understanding. In reality, modern governments rarely function in thi...

Modern governance increasingly depends upon networks rather than isolated organisations. Public institutions collaborate across administrative, geographical and disciplinary boundaries in order to add...

Modern governance depends upon far more than the competence of individual public institutions. No ministry, agency, municipality or regulatory authority possesses sufficient knowledge to understand ev...

Governance is commonly understood as the process through which public institutions exercise authority, formulate policies, implement decisions and coordinate collective action. These activities undoub...