Advancing Collaboration Theory: Models, Typologies, and Evidence

ISBN-13: 9781138811492 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 294 str.

John C. Morris; Katrina Miller-Stevens

Opis

The term collaboration is widely used but not clearly understood or operationalized. However, collaboration is playing an increasingly important role between and across public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors. Collaboration has become a hallmark in both intragovernmental and intergovernmental relationships. As collaboration scholarship rapidly emerges, it diverges into several directions, resulting in confusion about what collaboration is and what it can be used to accomplish. This book provides much needed insight into existing ideas and theories of collaboration, advancing a revised theoretical model and accompanying typologies that further our understanding of collaborative processes within the public sector. Organized into three parts, each chapter presents a different theoretical approach to public problems, valuing the collective insights that result from honoring many individual perspectives. Case studies in collaboration, split across three levels of government, offer additional perspectives on unanswered questions in the literature. Contributions are made by authors from a variety of backgrounds, including an attorney, a career educator, a federal executive, a human resource administrator, a police officer, a self-employed entrepreneur, as well as scholars of public administration and public policy. Drawing upon the individual experiences offered by these perspectives, the book emphasizes the commonalities of collaboration. It is from this common ground, the shared experiences forged among seemingly disparate interactions that advances in collaboration theory arise. Advancing Collaboration Theory offers a unique compilation of collaborative models and typologies that enhance the existing understanding of public sector collaboration.

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Part 1: Framing and Definition  Chapter 1: The State of Knowledge in Collaboration John C. Morris and Katrina Miller-Stevens  Chapter 2: The Development of Collaboration Theory: Typologies and Systems Approaches Andrew P. Williams  Chapter 3: The Prevailing Elements of Public-Sector Collaboration Martin Mayer and Robert Kenter  Chapter 4: Unraveling the Characteristics of Mandated Collaboration Madeleine W. McNamara  Part 2: Advancing Theory  Chapter 5: Applying Cooperative Biological Theory to Nonprofit Collaboration Nathan J. Grasse and Kevin D. Ward  Chapter 6: Collaborative Management and Leadership: A Skill Set for the Entrepreneur Madeleine W. McNamara  Chapter 7: Conflict in Collaborations: To Resolve or Transform? Stephanie Joannou Menefee  Chapter 8: A New Model of Collaborative Federalism From a Governance Perspective Katrina Miller-Stevens, Tiffany Henley, and Luisa Diaz-Kope  Chapter 9: A Life-Cycle Model of Collaboration Christopher Williams, Connie Merriman, and John C. Morris  Part 3: Collaboration in Action  Chapter 10: Nonprofit Collaborative Advocacy: An Exploratory Study of State Nonprofit Associations Jason S. Machado, Katrina Miller-Stevens, and Stephanie Joannou Menefee  Chapter 11: Collaborating for Accountability: Implications for the Judiciary Amy M. McDowell  Chapter 12: Collective Action, Social Capital, and Collaboration Christine Reed and Deniz Leuenberger  Chapter 13: Exploring Interagency Collaboration in the National Security Domain: A Distinct Form of Collaboration? Brian Martinez  Chapter 14: Conclusion: Future Trends in Collaboration Research Katrina Miller-Stevens and John C. Morris