TY - JOUR
T1 - Network Governance and the 2020 Summit
AU - Fawcett, Paul
AU - Manwaring, Rob
AU - Marsh, David
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - The idea that governance has replaced government, and that networks have replaced hierarchy as the dominant mode of governance, have become mainstream views in the public policy literature. In this article, we consider a key initiative of the Rudd government in Australia, the 2020 Summit, which, at first sight, seems like an example of network governance in action. Having considered the operation and outcomes of the Summit, however, we argue that it more accurately illustrates how governments, perhaps particularly in Westminster systems, attempt to preserve hierarchy, through a process of metagovernance.
AB - The idea that governance has replaced government, and that networks have replaced hierarchy as the dominant mode of governance, have become mainstream views in the public policy literature. In this article, we consider a key initiative of the Rudd government in Australia, the 2020 Summit, which, at first sight, seems like an example of network governance in action. Having considered the operation and outcomes of the Summit, however, we argue that it more accurately illustrates how governments, perhaps particularly in Westminster systems, attempt to preserve hierarchy, through a process of metagovernance.
KW - Westminster
KW - citizen engagement
KW - governance
KW - metagovernance
KW - network governance
KW - public policy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858215171&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10361146.2011.623667
DO - 10.1080/10361146.2011.623667
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-1146
VL - 46
SP - 651
EP - 667
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
IS - 4
ER -