Non-profit Organizations and Co-production: The Logics Shaping Professional and Citizen Collaboration [Paperback]

The empirical materials in this volume are presented in a clear and concise fashion, and its comparative approach is both consistent and comprehensive. In all, this is an impressive volume by a promising young scholar who undoubtedly will contribute additional scholarship that promotes a truly comparative study of the third sector and co-production. - Victor Pestoff, Professor Emeritus, Ersta Sk?ndal Br?cke University College

Caitlin McMullin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Society at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Non-profit Organizations and Co-production: The Logics Shaping Professional and Citizen Collaboration develops a novel framework for analyzing the practices of co-production between citizens and professionals in the non-profit sector.

Non-profit Organizations and Co-production:The Logics Shaping Professional and Citizen Collaboration develops a novel framework for analyzing the practices of co-production between citizens and professionals in the non-profit sector. Analysing organizations in three contexts (Sheffield, England; Lyon, France; and Montreal, Quebec, Canada), the book examines the international differences between non-profits, evidenced by the way that they variously blend or assimilate the logics of the market, state and community, and how this shapes the motivations for and approaches to co-production at the micro level in each context. This book presents a major step forward in comparative non-profit studies and the co-production of public services. This book will be of interest to researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and graduate/ postgraduate students in public administration and management, particularly within Public &amp; Nonprofit Management and Organization Studies. The book speaks directly to key contemporary debates in these fields, including the nature ol<