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Introduction: Governance network research: towards a second generation / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing -- Part I: Governance network dynamics ; 1. Theoretical approaches to governance network dynamics / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing ; 2. Mechanisms of governance network formation - a contextual rational choice perspective / Nils Hertting ; 3. Virtuous and viscous circles in democratic network governance / B. Guy Peters ; 4. Decentred theory, change and network governance / Mark Bevir and R. A. W. Rhodes -- Part II: Governance network failure ; 5. Theoretical approaches to governance network failure / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing ; 6. Closure and governance / Linze Schaap ; 7. Consensus and conflict in policy networks: too much or too little? / Joop F. M. Koppenjan ; 8. Network governance: effective and legitimate? / Tanja A. Borzel and Diana Panke -- Part III: Metagovernance ; 9. Theoretical approaches to metagovernance / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing ; 10. Governing the formation and mobilization of governance networks / Peter Triantafillou ; 11. Meta-governance as network management / Erik-Hans Klijn and Jurian Edelenbos ; 12. Governing outputs and outcomes of governance networks / Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr. -- Part IV: Democratic network governance ; 13. Theoretical approaches to democratic network governance / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing ; 14. Governance networks and participation / Allan Dreyer Hansen ; 15. Networks and democratic ideals: equality, freedom, and communication / John S. Dryzek ; 16. Democratic accountability and network governance - problems and potentials / Anders Esmark ; The second generation of governance network theory and beyond / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing.