Contingent collaboration: when to use which models for joined-up government

The question of how agencies can work together has been central to the field of public administration for several decades. Despite significant research, the process of collaboration can still be a fraught endeavour for practitioners. Nevertheless, agencies keep trying to work together because it is...

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Main Authors: Scott, Rodney ca. 20./21. Jh (Author), Merton, Eleanor R. K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022
Series:Cambridge Elements in Public and NonProfit Administration
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Summary:The question of how agencies can work together has been central to the field of public administration for several decades. Despite significant research, the process of collaboration can still be a fraught endeavour for practitioners. Nevertheless, agencies keep trying to work together because it is the only way to make progress on the biggest challenges facing public administrators. This Element reveals the deeply contingent nature of collaboration, rejecting the idea that collaboration can be reduced to a universal best practice. The New Zealand government has implemented such a contingent approach that maps different collaborative methods against problem settings and the degree of trade-off required from the actors' core or individual work. This Element provides a detailed case study of the New Zealand approach, and 18 embedded elements or 'model' collaborative forms for joined-up government. It explains how New Zealand public servants approach the important question: 'when to use which models?'
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Jun 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (97 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009128513
DOI:10.1017/9781009128513