Crossing boundaries in public management and policy: the international experience
In: Routledge critical studies in public management 15
In: Routledge critical studies in public management 15
In: The Public Management and Leadership Ser.
Public services are increasingly delivered through many forms of 'external' service-provision such as contracting, partnering and regulation. This new text assesses when and how public sector organizations might better draw on the work of these external parties and examines the wider implications for public leadership and management.
In: ANZSOG monography series
Part 1.Setting the scene: challenges and prospects for collaboration.Collaborative government: meanings, dimensions, drivers and outcomes --Governing through collaboration --The changing nature of government: network governance --Doing Things Collaboratively: Realizing the Advantage or Succumbing to Inertia? --Hit or myth? Stories of collaborative success --Collaborative governance: the community sector and collaborative network governance --Part 2.The reality of collaboration: success, failure, challenges and questions.What works and why: collaborating in a crisis --Collaboration in education --From collaboration to coercion: a story of governance failure, success and opportunity in Australian Indigenous affairs --The PPP phenomenon: performance and governance insights --Perspectives of community organisations: The Smith Family experience --Collaborative approaches to 'people-based' and 'place-based' issues in Victoria --Formal collaboration, collaborative councils and community engagement --Collaborative democracy: the citizen's ability to collaborate effectively --Part 3.Collaboration abroad: comparative perspectives.Galvanising government--non-profit/voluntary sector relations: two Canadian cases to consider --Collaboration with the third sector: UK perspectives --Part 4.Collaboration: rhetoric and reality.Elusive appeal or aspirational ideal? The rhetoric and reality of the 'collaborative turn' in public policy --Postscript.
Collaboration has emerged as a central concept in public policy circles in Australia and a panacea to the complex challenges facing Australia. But is this really the cure-all it seems to be? In this edited collection we present scholarly and practitioner perspectives on the drivers, challenges, prospects and promise of collaboration. The papers, first presented at the 2007 ANZSOG Conference, draw on the extensive experience of the contributors in either trying to enact collaboration, or studying the processes of this phenomenon. Together the collection provides important insights into the potential of collaboration, but also the fiercely stubborn barriers to adopting more collaborative approaches to policy and implementation. The collection includes chapter from public servants, third sector managers, and both Australian and international academics which together make it a stimulating read for those working with or within government. It adds considerably to the debate about how to address current challenges of public policy and provides a significant resource for those interested in the realities of collaborative governance.
In: Routledge critical studies in public management, 15
"In the 21st century governments are increasingly focusing on designing ways and means of connecting across boundaries to achieve goals. Whether issues are complex and challenging - climate change, international terrorism, intergenerational poverty- or more straightforward - provision of a single point of entry to government or delivering integrated public services - practitioners and scholars increasingly advocate the use of approaches which require connections across various boundaries, be they organizational, jurisdictional or sectorial. Governments around the world continue to experiment with various approaches but still confront barriers, leading to a general view that there is considerable promise in cross boundary working, but that this is often unfulfilled. This book explores a variety of topics in order to create a rich survey of the international experience of cross-boundary working. The book asks fundamental questions such as: ; What do we mean by the notion of crossing boundaries? Why has this emerged? ; What does cross boundary working involve? ; What are the critical enablers and barriers? By scrutinizing these questions, the contributing authors examine: the promise; the barriers; the enablers; the enduring tensions; and the potential solutions to cross-boundary working. As such, this will be an essential read for all those involved with public administration, management and policy."--Publisher's website.
In: Routledge critical studies in public management 15
In: Better Partnership Working