01589pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002200040245007400062260000900136300001500145362001200160520102400172650002601196700002101222773003301243909001001276999001701286952010401303180718b2002   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTeisman, Geert R.  aPartnership arrangements: governmental rhetoric or governance scheme?  c2002  ap.197-205.  aMar-Apr  aIt has become popular to advocate partnership arrangements. Such partnerships may be seen as new forms of governance, which fit in with the imminent network society. However, the idea of partnership is often introduced without much reflection on the need to reorganize policy-making processes and to adjust existing institutional structures. In this contribution, we discuss the ambiguity of partnerships. An empirical basis is provided by means of an analysis of the policy making on the expansion of the Rotterdam harbor. This case indicates that although new governance schemes are being proposed and explored, they still have to comply with the existing procedures in which they are imbedded. Governments especially  are not prepared to adjust to governance arrangements. Policy making continues to be based on self-referential organizational decisions, rather than on joint interorganizational policy making. This raises questions about the added value of intended cooperative governance processes.   - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aKlijn, Erik-Hans  aPublic Administration Review  a53063  c53063d53063  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 62, Issue no: 2pAR53500r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR