In the UK, policy on the governance of medical performance is characterised by a continuing struggle between state and profession for control of the agenda setting, formation and implementation stages of the policy process. Since 1998 both sides have continued to produce policies in response to highly visible political pressures but have yet to agree on how those policies should engage as they ...

As a result of growing economic globalization and rapid technological changes governance in the Želd of information and communication policy increasingly requires policy co-ordination across multiple arenas, not only including vertical co-ordination across different institutional levels, but also horizontal coordination across different policy sectors. In view of these new co-ordination demands...

Scholars and lawyers working in the area of public policy have been preoccupied with the issue of how to maintain social values in a shifting governance framework. Much of the debate has been focused on specific sectors and defensive strategies. In the area of welfare reform, in particular, criticism has been directed at cutbacks in client benefits and reduced provider accountability due to the...

The relationship between the civic nature of a community and effective political governance by regional health boards in Canada is explored. A model is proposed that identifies components of social capital such as trust, commitment and identity, associationalism, civic participation and collaborative problem-solving. These concepts are then theoretically linked to effective governance, in parti...

The UA Indigenous Governance Program is an educational partnership between two units, the Native Nations Institute [4] (NNI) at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy [5] and the Indigenous Peoples' Law and Policy Program [6] (IPLP) at the James E. Rogers College of Law [7]. In 2018, its three-week JIT event offers fourteen different courses, ranging from Indigenous Food Sovereignty [8] ...

Continuing depletion of forest resources, particularly in tropical developing countries, has turned vast areas of intact ecosystems into urbanized and agricultural lands. The degree of degradation varies, but in most cases, the ecosystem functions and the ability to provide a variety of ecosystem services are severely impaired. In addition to many other challenges, successful forest restoration...

This study examines which kinds of social benefits derived from forests are emphasised by Swedish stakeholders and what governance modes and management tools they accept. Our study shows that there exists a great variety among stakeholders' perceptions of forests' social values, where tourism and recreation is the most common reference. There are also differences in preferred governance modes a...

A key feature in the current debate about governance in the European Union (EU) is the proposition that traditional forms of government, based upon distinctive and separate layers or tiers of responsibility at the supra national, national and sub-national levels, are too rigid and fail to take account of the interdependence and overlapping competencies of different spheres. At the subnational l...

Scholars of political parties frequently note that a party’s candidates are aided by the presence of a consistent and favorable party brand name. We argue that partisan success in maintaining a consistent position on important policy issues hinges on how their role in the government motivates their strategies about public policy formation. Specifically, when parties share control of government ...

This article addresses network alignment through an investigation of network governance (coordination) and structure, and examines how regional level network governance and structure influence the effectiveness of technology policy to improve local firms’ innovativeness in a developing country context. It examines whether network governance and structure have a consistent influence on firms’ in...