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How is it possible — indeed is it possible — for democratically elected governments to shape the outputs and outcomes2 of network governance? What role can be sketched for public authorities who may have reason to attend to the direct or ultimate products of governance networks? How are networks likely to respond? Can public authorities operate at a meta-level to shape network results in the interests of the broader public? What dilemmas and complications can be foreseen?
An earlier version of this chapter was presented at the workshop on ‘Democratic Network Governance: Theoretical Puzzles’, in Roskilde, Denmark, 28-29 April 2005. Thanks for helpful comments are due to the workshop participants, especially Diana Panke, Allan Dreyer Hansen, Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing.
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O’Toole, L.J. (2007). Governing Outputs and Outcomes of Governance Networks. In: Sørensen, E., Torfing, J. (eds) Theories of Democratic Network Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625006_13
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