State-civil Society Networks for Policy Implementation in Developing Countries1

Bibliographic Data

ID4073994
AuthorsDerick W Brinkerhoff (0000-0003-1866-924X, Abt Global (United States), corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume16
Issue1
Pages123-147
Publication date1999-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.1999.tb00844.x
OpenAlexW2103000313
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited26

The emphasis in this article is on the trends which speak of governance rather than government. Governance refers to the role of citizens in the policy process and how groups within a society organize to make and implement decisions on matters of great concern. The focus is on democratic governance as taking place through networks in developing countries. These networks are referred to as state-civil society networks and are defined as cross-sectoral collaborations in which the view is not of individuals, per se, but rather of individual actors who are seen as a connected and interdependent whole. Three case studies of such state-civil society networks provide some preliminary lessons which suggest four situational variables for the emergence and success of these networks. These include: regime type, level of trust, legal framework and regulations, and the nature of the policy to be implemented. They also suggest some effective mechanisms and processes based on ad hoc vs formalizedmechanisms, initiation of the network and coordinating linkages

Civil society · Corporate governance · Democracy · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Interdependence · Management · Political science · Politics · Situational ethics · Sociology · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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