Article
Networks in Public Administration Scholarship: Understanding Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
(2011)
Abstract
This article examines the road that network scholarship has followed in Public Administration. We look at the historical drivers of the use of networks in practice and scholarship in the field and discuss how that has shaped the current literature. The body of the article focuses on the current challenges that network scholars face in the discipline, specifically basic theoretical issues, knowledge about formal networks, knowledge about informal networks, and methodological issues. We close the article with a look to the future and some suggestions for the future of network scholarship in Public Administration.
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Publication Date
2011
DOI
10.1093/jopart/muq061
Publisher Statement
This is the metadata of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory following peer review. The version of record Isett, K. R., Mergel, I. A., LeRoux, K., Mischen, P. A., & Rethemeyer, R. K. (2011). Networks in public administration scholarship: Understanding where we are and where we need to go. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(suppl 1), i157-i173. is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muq061
Citation Information
Isett, K. R., Mergel, I. A., LeRoux, K., Mischen, P. A., & Rethemeyer, R. K. (2011). Networks in public administration scholarship: Understanding where we are and where we need to go. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(suppl 1), i157-i173.