Abstract
Governance networks typically function in the absence of clearly defined constitutional rules. Network actors, therefore, have to develop a common understanding of the problem as well as build a basis for mutual trust. We suggest that discourse-analytical and dramaturgical concepts can be helpful instruments to analyse these dynamics of trust building in governance networks.
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Whereby multi-cultural does not refer to ethnicity but is conceived more broadly as referring to the fact that participating actors will bring different cultural codes to the situation.
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Hajer, M., Versteeg, W. performing governance through networks. Eur Polit Sci 4, 340–347 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210034
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