Forrer / Kee / Boyer Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-84593-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bryson Series in Public and Nonprofit Management

A comprehensive guide to public sector collaboration withprivate and nonprofit organizations for better service delivery
Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration tackles the issuesinherent in partnerships with nongovernmental actors for publicservice delivery, highlighting the choices available and theaccompanying challenges and opportunities that arise. Based onresearch, interviews with public, private and nonprofit sectorleaders, and considerable analysis of organizations involved inpublic-private-nonprofit collaborations, the book provides insightinto cross-sector collaboration at the global, federal, state, andlocal levels. Through an examination of the primary modes ofcross-sector collaboration, including collaborative contracting,partnerships, networks, and independent public services providers,the book presents a clear case for how public managers can assessthe trade-offs and use these options to improve public servicedelivery. Nonprofit organizations, businesses, and third-partycontractors are increasingly partnering with government to deliverpublic services. Recognizing the types of collaborative approaches,and their potential to solve public policy problems is quicklybecoming a major task for public managers, with new methods andtechniques constantly emerging. Governing Cross-SectorCollaboration provides specific examples and a framework forpublic managers to make strategic choices about how to engageprivate and nonprofit actors in delivering public goods andservices while ensuring the public interest. The book provideseffective methods for choosing, designing, governing, andevaluating networks, partnerships, and independent public-servicesproviders, with in-depth discussion encompassing:
* Analysis and engagement of cross-sector organizations
* Fostering democratic accountability in the public interest
* Collaborative approaches (including contracts, networks andpartnerships) and the issues associated with each type ofarrangement
* Leadership and organizational learning in cross-sectorcollaboration
Included case studies illustrate effective application of theconcepts and methods described, providing both practicing publicand nonprofit managers and public policy/administration studentswith insight into these emerging strategic alliances. The firstcomprehensive guide to public governance collaborations,Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration is an important andtimely contribution to the field of public management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forrer, John

Kee, James (Jed)

Boyer, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword by Ron Carlee xi
Introduction xv
PART ONE: Choosing Cross-Sector Collaboration 1
ONE Dimensions of Cross-Sector Collaboration 3
TWO The Rationale for Cross-Sector Collaboration 31
THREE Contracting and Collaborating 57
FOUR Cross-Sector Partnerships and Public-Private Partnerships 85
FIVE Network Governance 111
SIX Independent Public-Services Providers: A New Potential Collaborator 139
SEVEN Analyzing Cross-Sector Collaboration Options 167
PART TWO: Managing Cross-Sector Collaboration 207
EIGHT The Need for a New Model of Public Administration 209
NINE Leadership Implications in Cross-Sector Collaboration 229
TEN Fostering Democratic Accountability 251
ELEVEN Developing Government Capacity for Cross-Sector Collaboration 279
TWELVE The Future of Cross-Sector Collaboration 297
Notes 313
References 317
The Authors 339
Index 341