in Democratic Network Governance

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Boxes......Page 11
Foreword......Page 12
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
1.1 Why a book on methodology?......Page 16
1.2 What is network governance?......Page 18
1.3 Empirical research on network governance......Page 21
1.4 Methodology......Page 24
1.5 Structure of the book......Page 31
Notes......Page 35
2 A Comparative and Multi-level Analysis of Governance Networks: a Pilot Study of Employment Policy......Page 36
2.1 Selection of scope, policy area, countries and sites......Page 38
2.2 Research strategy: output-based backward mapping......Page 43
2.3 Multiple methods......Page 47
2.4 Managing collective research processes and data collection......Page 49
2.5 Lessons learned from the pilot study......Page 53
3 Empirical Findings: Seven Network Stories......Page 56
3.1 The transnational governance network......Page 58
3.2 The Danish national governance network......Page 62
3.3 The English national governance network......Page 67
3.4 The French national governance network......Page 70
3.5 The local governance network in Køge......Page 74
3.6 The local governance network in Birmingham......Page 78
3.7 The local governance network in Grenoble......Page 82
3.8 Summing up......Page 86
4.1 Introduction......Page 89
4.2 Comparative studies based on expert reports......Page 91
4.3 A critical assessment of the use of expert reports......Page 94
4.4 How should expert reports be analysed?......Page 99
4.5 Assessing and analysing expert reports......Page 100
4.6 Lessons learned......Page 112
5.1 Introduction......Page 114
5.2 Different ways of reading documents......Page 115
5.3 Documents lost and found......Page 119
5.4 Analysing network topography......Page 122
5.5 Analysing network programmes......Page 131
5.6 Conclusions......Page 137
6.1 Introduction......Page 140
6.2 Qualitative interviews in relation to the study of network governance......Page 142
6.3 Selecting respondents......Page 147
6.4 Conducting interviews......Page 151
6.5 Analysing policy actors' narratives on labour market governance......Page 156
6.6 Conclusion......Page 160
Notes......Page 162
7.1 Introduction......Page 163
7.2 Observation studies and diary writing......Page 165
7.3 Undertaking observation and diary studies in Køge, Birmingham and Grenoble......Page 171
7.4 The data material and how it was analysed......Page 175
7.5 Analysing observations and diaries: some tentative research results......Page 180
7.6 Concluding remarks on the use of observation and diaries in network studies......Page 192
8.1 Introduction......Page 194
8.2 Interactive focus group interviewing and network governance......Page 196
8.3 Practical application......Page 202
8.4 Analysing network governance through focus group interviews......Page 209
8.5 Lessons from interactive focus group interviewing in studies of governance networks......Page 219
9.1 The promises of method-mixing for the analysis of network governance......Page 222
9.2 Experiences from the pilot study: the problems......Page 224
9.3 Experiences from the pilot study: the pay-offs......Page 229
9.4 Potentials: lessons learned and future directions......Page 236
Notes......Page 238
10.1 Questions and answers......Page 239
10.2 Challenges in the research process......Page 242
10.3 Final points......Page 244
References......Page 248
C......Page 254
D......Page 255
E......Page 256
F......Page 257
G......Page 258
L......Page 259
N......Page 260
P......Page 261
R......Page 262
U......Page 263
Z......Page 264