Selected Essays, Volume I provides an extensive collection of key articles written by R.A.W. Rhodes on the topics of policy networks and governance.

• Introduction


• 1: What a Long Strange Trip It's Been


• Part I: Policy Networks


• 2: Policy Networks in Britain: The Early Years


• 3: Policy Networks: The Historical Moment


• 4: Policy Networks and Policy making in the European Union


• 5: How to Manage Your Policy Network


• 6: Putting the People Back into Networks


• 7: Analysing Networks as Narratives of Beliefs and Practices


• Part II: Governance


• 8: The Hollowing Out of the State


• 9: From Prime Ministerial Power to Core Executive


• 10: The New Governance: Governing without Government


• 11: It's the Mix That Matters: From Marketisation to Diplomacy


• Conclusion


• 12: What Is New about 'Network Governance' and Why Does It Matter?

Rod Rhodes is Professor of Government (Research) at the University of Southampton. He is life Vice-President of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom; a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). In 2012, he was awarded International Research Association for Public Management and Routledge Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Public Management Research. In 2014, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award by the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom for his outstanding contribution to political science. In 2015, he was awarded the biennial ECPR's (European Consortium for Political Research) Lifetime Achievement Award.