Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Miller, Hugh T.
Abstract
This dissertation suggests that network governance theory may have reached an impasse, and in order to pursue its advance, new methods need to be used. It tests the viability of actor-network theory on providing new insights on network governance, which could contribute to the strengthening of network governance theory. The author suggests that actor-network theory may offer both an epistemology and ontology that intents to not impose current definitions and divisions of traditional social science. By doing so, actor-network theory focuses on the performance of associations rather than on the traditional categories of structures, institutions, individuals or groups -- characteristic of most network governance studies.
Extent
183 p.
Recommended Citation
O’Brien, Mariana G., "Epistemology and networked governance: an actor-network approach to network governance" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1215.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1215
Identifier
FA00004456
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.