标题：Contemporary policy work in subnational governments and NGOs: Comparing evidence from Australia, Canada and the Czech Republic * * The work of Arnošt Veselý was supported by the Czech Science Foundation Grant (P404/12/0725). The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions. View all notes
摘要：This article introduces the special issue on policy work at the sub-national government level and non-governmental sector in three countries: Australia, Canada, and the Czech Republic. It consists of three parts. First, new public governance theory is presented as a general theoretical perspective that captures some of the important macro factors influencing the nature of current policy work. Second, an overview of empirical findings on policy work of subnational governments and NGOs is provided. This review discusses different possible interpretations of these findings. Third, main findings from each paper presented in this special issue are summarized.
