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 Inter-Organizational 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 Inter-Organizational 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) 23. Conclusions: Public Governance and Public Services Delivery: A Research Agenda for the Future (Stephen P. Osborne)