Networks in the ‘new governance’ thus regulate and coordinate policy sectors more according to the preferences of the actors involved than with consideration to public policy. There are several important consequences of such governance. Public becomes shaped more by the interests of self-referential actors in the network than by the larger collective interest. Furthermore, policy change initiated by the state will be obstructed by the networks which try to insulate the policy sector from cut-backs. In addition, while networks effectively control the policy sector, citizens still hold the state accountable for what happens in the sector. Networks, in this perspective, short-circuit the democratic process by separating control and responsibility.