Network Public Governance: contributions for its understanding and analysis (in Portugal and in Brazil)

Abstract

This article aims to present a critical literature review on network public governance, analysing the different typologies of networks, their benefits and challenges, the main theoretical and methodological approaches of their study and the critical factors for their success, particularly within the public governance contexts of Portugal and Brazil. The relevance of this analysis stems from this governance mode being increasingly used in several countries, although still being subject to little academic and political attention, namely in contexts with a hierarchical governance tradition, such as in these two countries. Thus, contributions to understand this phenomenon and to foster its analysis in such contexts are considered essential.

Networks; Public Governance; Critical Factors; Portugal; Brazil