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As part of the John Bryson Series in Public and Nonprofit Management, Cross-Sector Collaboration and Governance will provide both academic programs in public policy/public administration and practicing public managers with insights on emerging cross-sector organizations, how to analyze them, when to engage them, and how to create mutual accountability in the public interest. In this book, the authors tackle the issues of collaborative governance in the context of public administration studies, highlighting the choices available to managers when deciding to use collaborative approaches,  discussing the important trade-offs that accompany the different options, and assessing which type of cross-sector collaboration is best for any given situation. Based on the authors’ research of case studies at the global, federal, state and local level, interviews with public sector leaders, and considerable web analysis of organizations under the public-private umbrella (PPPs, networks and PEOs), Cross-Sector Collaboration and Governance is an important and timely contribution to the field of public management.

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A comprehensive guide to public sector collaboration with private and nonprofit organizations for better service delivery

Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration tackles the issues inherent in partnerships with nongovernmental actors for public service delivery, highlighting the choices available and the accompanying challenges and opportunities that arise. Based on research, interviews with public, private and nonprofit sector leaders, and considerable analysis of organizations involved in public-private-nonprofit collaborations, the book provides insight into cross-sector collaboration at the global, federal, state, and local levels. Through an examination of the primary modes of cross-sector collaboration, including collaborative contracting, partnerships, networks, and independent public services providers, the book presents a clear case for how public managers can assess the trade-offs and use these options to improve public service delivery. Nonprofit organizations, businesses, and third-party contractors are increasingly partnering with government to deliver public services. Recognizing the types of collaborative approaches, and their potential to solve public policy problems is quickly becoming a major task for public managers, with new methods and techniques constantly emerging. Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration provides specific examples and a framework for public managers to make strategic choices about how to engage private and nonprofit actors in delivering public goods and services while ensuring the public interest. The book provides effective methods for choosing, designing, governing, and evaluating networks, partnerships, and independent public-services providers, with in-depth discussion encompassing:

• Analysis and engagement of cross-sector organizations
• Fostering democratic accountability in the public interest
• Collaborative approaches (including contracts, networks and partnerships) and the issues associated with each type of arrangement
• Leadership and organizational learning in cross-sector collaboration

Included case studies illustrate effective application of the concepts and methods described, providing both practicing public and nonprofit managers and public policy/administration students with insight into these emerging strategic alliances. The first comprehensive guide to public governance collaborations, Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration is an important and timely contribution to the field of public management.