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Table 1 Summary of frameworks that inform HiAP governance

From: Equilibrium in the governance of cross-sectoral policies: how does it translate into practice?

First author, date

Name of framework

Equilibrium-related elements

Ansell, 2008

A model of collaborative governance

Power-resource-knowledge asymmetries

Informal work: trust building, commitment to process by mutual recognition of interdependence, shared ownership of process, openness to exploring mutual gain

Purdy, 2012

Power framework

Managing power imbalances

Douglas, 2020

Roadmap for achieving collaborative performance

Active interest alignment

Bryson, 2006

A framework for understanding cross-sector collaborations

Formal and informal process

Formal and informal structure and governance

Power imbalances

Competing institutional logics

Provan, 2008

Three models of network governance forms

Management role to address tensions

Tensions (contradictory logics) in each form

 • Efficiency versus inclusiveness

 • Internal versus external legitimacy

 • Flexibility versus stability

Emerson, 2015

Integrative framework for collaborative governance

Key driver of collaborative governance regimes: uncertainty about the nature of a given public problem and how to address it, and potential resources and future actions of others

Greer, 2015 & 2019

TAPIC: a governance framework to strengthen decision making and implementation

Ability to develop policy aligned with resources in pursuit of goals

Opportunity for affected parties to provide inputs without fear of retribution

McQueen, 2012

Analytical framework for intersectoral governance

Shared evidence implies agreement upon acceptability of the evidence produced by all parties involved

Berardo, 2016

Shape of governance systems

Bonding structures

Bridging structures

Shankardass, 2018

A system framework depicting 14 components from within three government sub-systems involved in HiAP implementation

Sub-systems in interactions

Extra-governmental influences

Bilodeau, 2018

Systemic modelling based on Actor-Network theory

Aligning necessary actors and resources

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