Hale's work demonstrates how public policy is institutionally linked by the functioning of public-nonprofit networks as they add value through information-oriented collaboration.

Stripped to its core, the effectiveness of a network is determined by the way that information is transformed into action. This book provides a thoroughly researched, authoritative study of just how information is exchanged, synthesized, and ultimately diffused through a network to bring about policy change and innovation.

Kathleen Hale has produced an excellent book that illustrates how nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental institutions can serve as important sources for information, and how information networks can help to create innovative policy solutions and improve policy outcomes. This book is an important and timely addition to the fields of public administration and nonprofit management, and a must-read for those who want to learn more about responsive and successful policy changes.

This is a terrific book. It advances scientific efforts to explicate the art of policy formulation. More specifically, it improves our understanding of how networks serve as repositories of knowledge, power, and influence, and how motivated change agents effectively engage with those networks. The book will be of great relevance to policy scholars and practitioners alike. I found it a pleasure to read and reflect on.