Synopses & Reviews
Collaboration between governments, business, the voluntary and community sectors is now central to the way public policy is made, managed, and delivered. This book provides the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the theory, policy, and practice of collaboration. Written by two leading authorities in the field, the book explores the experience of collaboration in regeneration, health, and other policy sectors, and assesses the consequences of the emergence of public-private partnerships contrasting the UK experience to that elsewhere in the world.
About the Author
Helen Sullivan is Lecturer in Public Policy and Implementation at the University of Birmingham. Chris Skelcher is Professor of Local Government Studies at the University of Birmingham.
Table of Contents
The Collaborative Agenda * Collaboration and the State * Understanding Collaboration * Collaboration on Cross-Cutting Issues * Collaboration Across Sectors * Building Capacity for Collaboration * The Dynamics of Collaboration * The Governance of Collaboration * Citizens and Collaboration * Evaluating Collaboration * Collaboration and Modernisation The Collaborative Agenda * Collaboration and the State * Understanding Collaboration * Collaboration on Cross-Cutting Issues * Collaboration Across Sectors * Building Capacity for Collaboration * The Dynamics of Collaboration * The Governance of Collaboration * Citizens and Collaboration * Evaluating Collaboration * Collaboration and Modernisation