Comparing policy networks

Introduction: the development of the policy network approach - Part one: Theoretical developments - Policy networks: myth, metaphor and reality - The tangled webs we weave: the discourse, strategy and practice of networking - Explaining policy outcomes: Integrating the policy network approach with macro-level and micro-level analysis - Part two: Policy networks in comparative respective - Similar problems, different policies: policy networks and environmental policy in Danish and Swedish agriculture - Offshore health and safety policy in the North Sea: policy networks and policy outcomes in Britain and Norway - Policing policy and policy networks in Britain and New Zealand - Economic policy networks in Leeds and Lille: emerging regimes or public sector alliances - Part three: Policy networks at the European level - Transnational local authority networking within the European Union: passing fashion or new paradigm? - Issue networks and the environment: explaining European Union environmental policy - Conclusion: the utility and future of policy network analysis - References - Index.