Metagovernance, network structure, and legitimacy: developing a heuristic for comparative governance analysis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Metagovernance, network structure, and legitimacy

T2 - developing a heuristic for comparative governance analysis

AU - Daugbjerg, Carsten

AU - Fawcett, Paul

N1 - Published online 26 April 2015

PY - 2017/10/1

Y1 - 2017/10/1

N2 - This article develops a heuristic for comparative governance analysis. The heuristic depicts four network types by combining network structure with the state’s capacity to metagovern. It suggests that each network type produces a particular combination of input and output legitimacy. We illustrate the heuristic and its utility using a comparative study of agri-food networks (organic farming and land use) in four countries, which each exhibit different combinations of input and output legitimacy respectively. The article concludes by using a fifth case study to illustrate what a network type that produces high levels of input and output legitimacy might look like.

AB - This article develops a heuristic for comparative governance analysis. The heuristic depicts four network types by combining network structure with the state’s capacity to metagovern. It suggests that each network type produces a particular combination of input and output legitimacy. We illustrate the heuristic and its utility using a comparative study of agri-food networks (organic farming and land use) in four countries, which each exhibit different combinations of input and output legitimacy respectively. The article concludes by using a fifth case study to illustrate what a network type that produces high levels of input and output legitimacy might look like.

U2 - 10.1177/0095399715581031

DO - 10.1177/0095399715581031

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0095-3997

VL - 49

SP - 1223

EP - 1245

JO - Administration & Society

JF - Administration & Society

IS - 9

ER -