Performing Governance
A Partnership Board Dramaturgy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10393134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Freeman (0000-0001-5445-8875), Edward Peck (Department of Health Services) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 907-929 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3298 • E-ISSN: 1467-9299 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00683.x |
| OpenAlex | W2164365847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 36 |
This paper explores the governance of complex public sector partnerships through a detailed case study of a Joint Commissioning Partnership Board (JCPB) in the South East of England. It argues that a theoretical and empirical focus on the instrumental roles of boards has resulted in an under‐appreciation of their symbolic purposes, especially in the context of the governance of inter‐organizational relationships. The paper considers the performative dimension of partnership governance, highlighting the role of the symbolic in institutional enactment. Following a brief overview of governance in public sector partnerships, the case study site for the empirical research is introduced. The instrumental and symbolic roles of management boards are considered from a new institutionalist perspective and a dramaturgical analysis of institutional enactment undertaken to explore interplays of the symbolic and instrumental in strategy formation. Some implications for our understanding of the symbolic in partnership governance are discussed
Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · General partnership · Management · Performative utterance · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · The Symbolic · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
The Professionalization of Public Participation
Setting the stage
Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality
Seeding the cloud
Dramaturgy and crisis management
Dramaturgy in the internet era
Turning New Public Management theory into reality
Performing Leadership
Scripting Deliberative Policy-Making
Evaluating partnerships
Disaster and emergency management systems in urban areas
Structuring governance
Structure and Network Performance
Towards a General Theory of Collaborative Performance
Mixed Methods in Public Administration Research
Administrative learning or political blaming? Public servants, parliamentary committees and the drama of public accountability
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
Patterns in Strategy Formation
Elites and power in British society
Structuring Politics
The Governance of Public and Non-Profit Organizations
Managing networks of twenty-first century organisations
Setting the Stage
Governance Structures and Political Processes in a Public System
Governance in the UK Public Sector
Governance and Interpretation
Varieties of New Institutionalism
Policy without polity? Policy analysis and the institutional void
New institutionalism and the governance of the Single European Market
Traditions and Public Sector Reform
The New Governance
The Limits of Design
Changing images of the State
The New Institutionalism
Social Skill and Institutional Theory
Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms
Ritual
The Theoretical Core of the New Institutionalism
Institutionalized Organizations
The Meeting
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |