Local Governments in Multilevel Governance

Robert Agranoff is professor emeritus at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington.

• Chapter 1: Governing in Multi-Level Systems: Administrative Linkages from Local to NationalChapter 2: Intergovernmental Relations Platforms: Managing in MLG Chapter 3: Bringing Local Governments into MLG SystemsChapter 4: Local System DevelopmentChapter 5: Politics: Big “P” and Small “p”Chapter 6: The Knowledge Management Challenge in MLGChapter 7: Networks and NetworkingChapter 8: Interoperability: Sequential Inter-organizational Planning and ProgrammingChapter 9: The New Bureaucracy: Conductive Administrative OrganizationsChapter 10: An Emerging Paradigm: Global Influences on Local GovernmentsChapter 11: Local Government, MLG: Its Administration in the Present and Future

Robert Agranoff is the doyen of collaborative public management. Local Governments in Multilevel Governance explores the way multi-level government impacts public management. He explores how the shift from government to governance has changed the relationships between networks and bureaucracy, especially in local government. It will be a career defining book and a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in managing the complex webs of organizations that typify modern governance.