A new phase of evolution is dawning in which quadriform Tribal + Institutional + Market + Network societies will emerge to take the lead, and a vast rebalancing of relations among state, market, and civil-societal actors will occur around the world. To do well in the twenty-first century, an advanced, democratic, information-age society must incorporate all four forms and make them function well together, despite their inherent contradictions.
Public policy dialogue has, for over a century, revolved around contentions as to whether government or the market represents the better solution for particular policy issues. In the network age, this choice will prove too narrow, too binary, even for blending. New views will come to the fore that the network is the solution.
