The study of governance networks has taken such a flight that it has become increasingly hard to think of issues in public administration or public policy outside of the idiom and concepts of governance theories. Or, to put it differently, governance networks have moved from a niche within our domain to become mainstream or common …
Over two decades have passed since the federal policy on environmental justice (EO 12898) was issued. However, empirical evidence indicates that injustice persists and that US states vary in their adoption of the terms of the environmental justice (EJ) policy. Moreover, studies of the explanations for the variation in states’ adoption of EJ policy are rare and have yielded …
In recent years, governing environmental conflicts concerning the planning, construction, and operation of urban facilities has increasingly become a challenge for Chinese local governments. Chinese governments seek adequate responses to deal with these conflicts, for instance by ignoring criticism and sticking to initial decisions, by suppressing protests, or by compromising. In this article, by analyzing 10 cases of conflict …
A public-private partnership (PPP) is an organizational arrangement in which knowledge and resources are pooled in order to realize outcomes. Although PPPs have become common practice in spatial planning and development, there is a continuous search for their ideal organizational form and management. This is fueled by the often poor performance in terms of e.g. time delays and budget …
Infrastructurele megaprojecten zijn geliefd en gehaat. Aan de ene kant exposeren ze bouwkundig vernuft, wekken ze veel bewondering op en kunnen ze fungeren als vliegwiel voor sociaaleconomische ontwikkeling van stedelijke gebieden. Aan de andere kant veroorzaken hun langdurige bouwprocessen veel overlast, worden de projecten vaak gekenmerkt door tijds- en budgetoverschrijdingen en zijn hun planvormingsprocessen soms …
De recente golf van promotieonderzoeken naar publiek-private samenwerking (PPS) roept de vraag op naar de staat van de huidige PPS-praktijk in Nederland en Vlaanderen en het onderzoek daarnaar. Onze review laat zien dat de proefschriften voornamelijk infrastructurele projecten onderzoeken die met langlopende DBFM(O)-contracten worden gerealiseerd. De proefschriften groeperen zich rond vraagstukken betreffende effectiviteit, transactiekosten en legitimiteit. Een rode draad door hun …
The complexity of many cases, such as public projects and programs, requires evaluation methods that acknowledge this complexity in order to facilitate learning. On the one hand, the complexity of the cases derives from their uniqueness and nested nature. On the other hand, there is a need to compare cases in such a way that …
Many of the phenomena studied by public administration and policy researchers emerge as a result of complex interactions between various factors over time. That is, these phenomena are systemic and display properties of complex systems. As a consequence, they cannot be explained in a simple way by inquiring into the net effect of a variable on some outcome of …
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is an approach that enables systematically comparing qualitative case study data. The fact that QCA borrows certain elements from quantitative methods (such as the use of Boolean algebra and the quantification of conditions and outcomes) may raise questions about the qualitative character of QCA. Based on a discussion of four criteria …
An understudied aspect for the successful completion of PPP infrastructure projects is the extent to which they are satisfactorily implemented. Studying PPP implementation is important though, because well-planned projects can fail if project implementation is inadequately managed. This article aims to find out which management and public–private cooperation approaches produce satisfaction for public procurers in …