Transitioning to network governance in the social services sector: the blending and segregating mechanisms in the hybridization process

Chee Hon Chan

Public Management Review, 2023, vol. 25, issue 12, 2278-2299

Abstract: The literature on network governance in social services comprises static analyses and has not investigated the complications of implementation. This study describes a case in Hong Kong in which the public implementation of networked governance in the social services sector began chaotically due to conflict among network actors, with clashes between values associated with the new network governance model and values inherited from earlier, entrenched models. The study highlights how a set of both blending and segregating mechanisms emerged during the governance transition, respectively facilitating and also preventing the hybridization of different logics towards a coherent set of practices.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2132280

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