01198pab a2200121 454500008004000000100002000040245005600060260000900116300001500125520088400140650002601024773002601050180718b2013   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aConsidine, Mark  aGovernance networks and the question transformation  c2013  ap.438-447.  aGovernmental systems are deeply inscribed by processes of path dependence and lock-ins, yet they are also required to play a central role in both policy reform and institutional transformation. This paper offers an account of governance networks and posits a solution to the traditional problem of dynamic inertia in governmental institutions and thus provides the foundations for a theory of transformation. By first identifying network governance as a typology of institutional ensembles, the paper describes how the 'complementary configurations' of institutions may provide crucial pathways for change. Such networks are also identified as viable enabling structures for the learning, storage, and sharing of hidden alternatives to established institutional routines. The key to their success is identified in administrative rather than political authorization. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aPublic Administration