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Social Sciences, Management, Public Administration, Business & Economics, shadow of hierarchy, collaborative governance regime, integrated youth care, metagovernance (roles), META-GOVERNANCE, NETWORKS, STATE, 1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, 1503 Business and Management, 1605 Policy and Administration, Political Science & Public Administration, 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour, 4407 Policy and administration

Abstract:

© 2015, Taylor & Francis. Integrated youth care (IYC) requires co-ordination between many (semi-)autonomous actors, which can be achieved with a collaborative governance regime (CGR). Smart metagovernance by central government is imperative herein, choosing the mix of metagovernance roles at the right time for the issue at hand. Using a single case study of IYC in Flanders (Belgium), this article shows how important and difficult metagovernance is. Framing, designing, managing and participating in a CGR requires metagovernors to know when to allow for autonomy and dialogue, and when to use the ‘shadow of hierarchy’.