. The network is typically organized around a broad objective
such as environmental protection or local development. Participants define the performance
of these network structures and negotiate deals and compromises to achieve their
separate and joint goals. Typically the ensemble has some form of public authorization,
usually enacted by a bureaucracy or tribunal. Such structures are now to be found
throughout the developed and developing worlds, and are often underpinned by a ‘good
governance’ discourse in which public institutions are made more accountable to citizens
and become better at delivering services to those in need.