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Networks, Innovation and Public Policy

Politicians, Bureaucrats and the Pathways to Change inside Government

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  1. Mark Considine

    1. University of Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Jenny M. Lewis

    1. University of Melbourne, Australia

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  3. Damon Alexander

    1. School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Innovation as Ideas within Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Innovation, Government and Networks

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 3-24

    3. Innovation and Public Policy

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 25-47

    4. Networks as Interactions and Structures

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 48-67

    5. Networks and Key Actors

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 68-101

  3. Innovation inside Government

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Introduction to Innovation Cases

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 105-113

    3. City of Parkside — Big Bang meets Executive Coordination

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 114-132

    4. City of Kilbourne — Innovation from the Middle, Out

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 133-151

    5. City of Melville — Incrementalists Rule

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 152-167

    6. City of Millside — Small World meets Political Affiliation

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 168-184

    7. Who are the Innovators Inside Government?

      • Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander
      Pages 185-203

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 204-231
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This book examines the different normative approaches politicians, bureaucrats and community actors use to frame the innovation puzzle, arguing that these create specific cultures of innovation. The authors explore the role of formal institutions and informal networks in promoting and impeding governmental innovation.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Melbourne, Australia

    Mark Considine, Jenny M. Lewis

  • School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia

    Damon Alexander

About the authors

MARK CONSIDINE is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and former Director of the Centre for Public Policy. He is a past winner of American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Publication Award and in 2001 received the Marshall E. Dimmock Award for the best lead article in Public Administration Review (with co-author Jenny Lewis). His latest book (with Sylvain Giguere) is The Theory and Practice of Local Governance and Economic Development.

JENNY M. LEWIS is Associate Professor in Public Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia. She received the American Society for Public Administration's Marshall E. Dimmock Award in 2000 (with co-author Mark Considine) for the best lead article in Public Administration Review. Her most recent book is Health Policy and Politics: Networks, Ideas and Power.

DAMON ALEXANDER completed his PhD at Monash University in 2006 and is employed as a Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include social network analysis; network governance and community engagement; rural politics; and right-wing extremism.

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