Network public governance: contributions for its understanding and analysis (in Portugal and in Brazil)

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https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2019.147567

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Networks, Public governance, Critical factors, Portugal, Brazil

Abstract

This article aims to present a critical literature review on network public governance, analysing the different typologies of networks, their benefits and challenges, the main theoretical and methodological approaches of their study and the critical factors for their success, particularly within the public governance contexts of Portugal and Brazil. The relevance of this analysis stems from this governance mode being increasingly used in several countries, although still being subject to little academic and political attention, namely in contexts with a hierarchical governance tradition, such as in these two countries. Thus, contributions to understand this phenomenon and to foster its analysis in such contexts are considered essential.

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  • Luis F. Mota, Universidade de Aveiro

    Doutor em Administração Pública pela Universidade de Lisboa. Desenvolve investigação nos domínios da governação em rede, do processo de políticas públicas, da reforma do setor público e da governação local. Atualmente, é professor auxiliar convidado na Universidade de Aveiro e investigador na Unidade de Investigação em Governança, Competitividade e Políticas Públicas (GOVCOPP) da mesma universidade.

  • Bernadete Bittencourt, Universidade de Aveiro

    Doutora em Sociologia Econômica e das Organizações pela Universidade de Lisboa. Professora auxiliar convidada do Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Políticas e do Território, Universidade de Aveiro. Investigadora da Unidade de Investigação em Governança, Competitividade e Oolíticas Públicas, Universidade de Aveiro (GOVCOPP) e do Laboratório de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Gestão (CSG/Lisbon School of Economics and Management), Universidade de Lisboa.

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2019-08-07

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Mota, L. F., & Bittencourt, B. (2019). Network public governance: contributions for its understanding and analysis (in Portugal and in Brazil). Tempo Social, 31(2), 199-219. https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2019.147567