Collaboration in Government

<p>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. </p><p>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 resources and in many cases decaying infrastructure. To meet these challenges public managers are developing new networks partnerships collaborations alliances and coalitions to deliver government services. <i>Collaboration in Government</i> is designed to help public organizations parse the new and emerging forms of public partnerships and to develop the skills needed to manage them. Each chapter offers examples of how each type has been used in real public organizations providing the reader with an understanding of how these partnerships may be applied in a variety of contexts as well as lessons that may be gleaned from the successes (and failures) of these collaborative models. </p><p>This book will be of interest to public servants who collaborate in their daily work as well as students of public administration and public policy.</p>