1. Introduction. The (New) Public Governance: a suitable case for treatment? - Stephen P. Osborne Part I. Theoretical perspectives on public governance 2. Global perspectives on governance - Patricia Kennett 3. Meta-governance and public management - B. Guy Peters 4. Innovations in governance - Mark Moore and Jean Hartley 5. Governance and governability - Jan Kooiman 6. Does governance exist? - Owen Hughes 7. What endures? Public governance and the cycle of reform - Laurence E. Lynn, Jr Part II. Governance and interorganizational partnerships to deliver public services 8. Theory of organizational partnerships: partnership advantages, disadvantages and success factors - Ronald W. Mcquaid 9. Public-private partnerships and public governance challenges - Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge 10. Introducing the theory of collaborative advantage - Siv Vangen and Chris Huxham 11. Relationship marketing, relational capital and the governance of public services delivery - Stephen P. Osborne, Kate Mclaughlin and Celine Chew 12. Leading across frontiers: how visionary leaders integrate people, processes, structures and resources - Barbara C. Crosby, John M. Bryson and Melissa M. Stone 13. Public governance and the third sector: opportunities for co-production and innovation? - Victor Pestoff and Taco Brandsen Part III. Governance of contractual relationships 14. Governance, contract management and public management - Donald F. Kettl 15. Governance of outsourcing and contractual relationships - Federica Farneti, Emanuele Padovani and David W. Young 16. The governance of contracting relationships: "killing the golden goose". A third-sector perspective - Steven Rathgeb Smith and Judith Smyth Part IV. Governance of interorganizational networks 17. Trust in governance networks: looking for conditions for innovative solutions and outcomes - Erik-Hans Klijn 18. Implementation and managerial networking in the New Public Governance - Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr, and Kenneth J. Meier 19. From new public management to networked community governance?Strategic local public service networks in England - Steve Martin Part V. Governance of policy networks 20. Policy networks: theory and practice - Tobias Jung 21. Policy networks in practice: the debate on the future of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Menno Huys and Joop Koppenjan 22. Governance, networks and policy change: the case of cannabis in the United Kingdom - Beatriz Acevedo and Richard Common