Partnership Governance in Public Management A Public Solutions Handbook [Hardcover]

The ability to create and sustain partnerships is a skill and a strategic capacity that utilizes the strengths and offsets the weaknesses of each actor. Partnerships between the public and private sectors allow each to enjoy the benefits of the other: the public sector benefits from increased entrepreneurship and the private sector utilizes public authority and processes to achieve economic and community revitalization. Partnership Governance in Public Managementdescribes what partnership is in the public sector, as well as how it is managed, measured, and evaluated. Both a theoretical and practical text, this book is a what, why, and how examination of a key function of public management.

Examining governing capacity, community building, downtown revitalization, and partnership governance through the lens of formalized public-private partnerships  specifically, how these partnerships are understood and sustained in our society  this book is essential reading for students and practitioners with an interest in partnership governance and public administration and management more broadly. Chapters explore partnering technologies as a way to bridge sectors, to produce results and a new sense of public purpose, and to form a stable foundation for governance to flourish.

1. Origins of Partnership Governance  2. Trust in Partnership Development  3. Partnership Governance: The role of public entrepreneurship and social capital  4. Business improvement districts: Formal public-private partnerships  5. Performance Measures in Partnership Governance: Lessons from public-private partnership - business improvement districts  Appendix 1:Step-by-Step Guide to Planning and Implementing a Special District  Appendix 2:Case Study of the Flemington Business Improvement District Planning Process  AlCÅ