This essay explores the options for using private governance as an alternative or complement to the administrative state. It observes that private, non-governmental actors and entities often have a role in the achievement of traditionally public ends. It argues that such private governance,...

A distinctive perspective on governance: the building blocks -- Classical liberalism : delineating its theory of governance -- Function, structure, and process at the private-public interface -- Dynamic governance : the polycentrism process and knowledge processes -- Public choice and public...

Building on the threefold classification to strategic design, internal scanning and strategic governance (Johanson 2009) in public agencies, this paper elaborates further the strategic governance perspective. The pivotal concept is the social network. First, the classification of types of...