New public governance, the third sector and co-production
By: edited by Victor Pestoff, Taco Brandsen, and Bram Verschuere
Series: Routledge critical studies in public management -- 7
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780415897136
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Social participation; Public-private sector cooperation; Public administration
Description: "In recent years public management research in a variety of disciplines has paid increasing attention to the role of citizens and the third sector in the provision of public services. Several of these efforts have employed the concept of co-production to better understand and explain this trend. This book aims to go further by systematizing the growing body of academic papers and reports that focus on various aspects of co-production and its potential contribution to new public governance. It has an interdisciplinary focus that makes a unique contribution to the body of knowledge in this field, at the cross-roads of a number of disciplines - including business administration, policy studies, political science, public management, sociology, third sector studies, etc. The unique presentation of them together in this volume both allows for comparing and contrasting these different perspectives and for potential theoretical collaboration and development. More particularly, this volume addresses the following concerns: What is the nature of co-production and what challenges does it face? How can we conceptualize the concept of co-production? How does co-production works in practice? How does co-production unfold in reality? What can be the effects of co-production? And more specific, firstly, how can co-production contribute to service quality and service management in public services, and secondly, what is the input of co-production on growing citizen involvement and development of participative democracy?" --Provided by Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Co-production as a maturing concept / Taco Brandsen, Victor Pestoff, Bram Verschuere; title: What is co-production? : conceptual and theoretical perspectives; title: Co-production and third sector social services in Europe : some crucial; title: Conceptual issues / Victor Pestoff; title: From engagement to co-production : how users and communities; title: Contribute to public services / Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler; title: Co-production : contested meanings and challenges for user organizations / Benjamin Ewert and Adalbert Evers; title: Third sector and the co-construction of Canadian public policy / Yves Vaillancourt; title: From co-production to co-governance / John M. Ackerman; title: How does co-production work?; title: Co-production from a normative perspective / Edgar S. Cahn and Christine Gray; title: Co-production and network structures in public education / David O. Porter; title: The conditions for successful co-production in housing : a case study of German housing cooperatives / Taco Brandsen and Jan-Kees Helderman; title: Co-production in an information age / Albert Meijer; title: How does co-management work?; title: Co-management to solve homelessness : wicked solutions for wicked; title: Problems / Kerry Brown, Robyn Keast, Jennifer Waterhouse, Glen Murphy and Myrna Mandell; title: Co-management in urban regeneration : new perspectives on; title: Transferable collaborative practice; title: Hans schlappa; title: "don't bite the hand that feeds you? : on the partnerships between; title: Private citizen initiatives and local government / Karolien Dezeure and Filip De Rynck; title: Co-producing safety or participative window dressing regulation; title: Partnerships in German local governance arrangements / Matthias Freise; title: The potential of nonprofit-government partnerships for promoting citizen involvement / Ichiro Tsukamoto; title: Effects of co-production : service quality, accountability and democracy; title: Co-production and service quality : a new perspective for the Swedish welfare state / Johan Vamstad; title: Co-production : an alternative to the partial privatization processes in Italy and Norway / Andrea Calabra; title: The challenges of co-management for public accountability : lessons from Flemish childcare / Diederik Vancoppenolle and Bram Verschuere; title: New public governance, co-production and third sector social services in Europe : crowding in and crowding out / Victor Pestoff; title: Conclusion : taking research on co-production a step further / Taco Brandsen, Bram Verschuere, Victor Pestoff.