1st Edition

Collaboration in Government Forms and Practices

By David E. McNabb, Carl R. Swenson Copyright 2021
252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book comprehensively explores the many different forms of collaboration in government, both formal and informal, including strategic alliances, intergovernmental networks, and public-private partnerships. Contemporary US governmental and public organizations are changing to better cope after several decades of pressures to downsize, as well as to deliver new services with declining... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction to Collaborative Governance

Chapter 2: Government Partnerships

Chapter 3: Partners with the Public

Chapter 4: Public Sector Collaborations

Chapter 5: Co-Management and Adaptive Co-Management

Chapter 6: General Agreements and Coalitions

Chapter 7: Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Chapter 8: Strategic Alliances

Chapter 9: Intergovernment Networks

Chapter 10: Managing Networks

Chapter 11: Public/Private Partnerships

Chapter 12: Government Outsourcing and Co-Sourcing

Biography

David E. McNabb is Professor Emeritus at the Pacific Lutheran University School of Business, USA. He has taught undergraduate and graduate business and administration courses for the University of Maryland-University College, the American University in Bulgaria, the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, and the MPA program at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.

Carl R. Swenson has 35 years of experience managing cities in Arizona, Illinois, and Washington. He is a Life Member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and is recognized as a Credentialed City Manager (retired), and a Legacy Leader in professional city and county management.