Public Management and the Metagovernance of Hierarchies,
Public Management and the Metagovernance of Hierarchies, Networks and Markets: What is modern governance Is it the battle against old-fashioned hierarchy, or is it the restoration of key hierarchical values Is it optimizing network management, or maximizing the benefits of market thinking in the public-sector This book argues that it is the combination of all this. The next question is: In practice, how do successful public managers design and manage combinations of hierarchical, network and market governance In other words: what is their rationale to apply metagovernance Five case-studies show that metagovernance is a public management requisite: it amplifies the variation of actions public managers can take, and it prevents the three ideal-typical governance styles from undermining each other. Similar cases of strategic environmental policy-making in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and the European Commission and one case of community policing in the Netherlands illustrate that successful public-sector managers are dealing with similar metagovernance challenges in different socio-politico-administrative cultures.