Working Across Boundaries Collaboration in Public Services [Hardcover]

Collaboration between governments, business, the voluntary and community sectors is now central to the way public policy is made, managed and delivered. This book provides the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the theory, policy and practice of collaboration. Written by two leading authorities in the field the book explores the experience of collaboration in regeneration, health and other policy sectors, and assesses the consequences of the emergence of public-private partnerships contrasting the UK experience to that elsewhere in the world.

The Collaborative Agenda.- Collaboration and the State.- Understanding Collaboration.- Collaboration on Cross-Cutting Issues.- Collaboration Across Sectors.- Building Capacity for Collaboration.- The Dynamics of Collaboration.- The Governance of Collaboration.- Citizens and Collaboration.- Evaluating Collaboration.- Collaboration and Modernisation.- Notes on Sources and Research Methods.- Number and Value of Multi-Agency Partnerships, 2001/2002.

HELEN SULLIVAN is Research Director, Urban Governance, Cities Research Centre, University of the West Of England.

CHRIS SKELCHER is Professor of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham.

• Inter agency collaboration is a cornerstone of today's public services. This is the most authoritative and up to date text available
  
• Highly topical in the context of the UK government's modernisation of public services, but also internationally
  
• Written by leading authorities and incorporating much original research