Partnership and Transformation: The Promise of Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Context [Paperback]

Introduction   Chapter 1. Setting the scene   Chapter 2. Naming and framing partnership   Chapter 3. Exploring contextual drivers for partnership   Chapter 4. Assessing the transformational potential of partnership   Chapter 5. Transformative participation   Chapter 6. Partnership  where next?   Chapter 7. Some reflections on partnership, sustainability and citizenship   Afterword

Rejecting one size fits all approaches, and mindful of different understandings of the term, Partnership and Transformation argues that partnership must be understood in relation to specific contexts and the added value it may offer for individuals, organisations and wider society.

Leda Stott is a specialist in multi-stakeholder collaboration, a partnership expert for the European Commission and an associate of the Innovation and Technology for Development Centre at the Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid, Spain.

Over the last 30 years, partnership has received growing attention across a range of sectors and disciplines. Widely used to describe a relationship in which different actors pool their resources, knowledge and skills to address common problems, partnership is currently presented as central to the achievement of more inclusive and sustainable development. Rejecting one size fits all approaches, and mindful of different understandings of the term, Partnership and Transformation: The Promise of Multi-stakeholder Collaboration in Context, which is designed to appeal to both academics and practitioners alike, argues that partnership must be understood in relation to specific contexts and the added value it may offer for individuals, organisations and wider society. It is further suggested that the tlc&