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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454393103321

Autore

Agranoff Robert

Titolo

Collaborative public management [[electronic resource] ] : new strategies for local governments / / Robert Agranoff and Michael McGuire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-58901-298-4

1-4356-6119-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

American governance and public policy

Altri autori (Persone)

McGuireMichael <1964->

Disciplina

352.14/0973

Soggetti

Local government - United States

Intergovernmental cooperation - United States

Public-private sector cooperation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Managing in an age of collaboration -- Models of collaborative management -- Collaborative activity and strategy -- Linkages in collaborative management -- Policy design and collaborative management -- Jurisdiction-based management.

Sommario/riassunto

Local governments do not stand alone-they find themselves in new relationships not only with state and federal government, but often with a widening spectrum of other public and private organizations as well. The result of this re-forming of local governments calls for new collaborations and managerial responses that occur in addition to governmental and bureaucratic processes-as-usual, bringing locally generated strategies or what the authors call ""jurisdiction-based management"" into play. Based on an extensive study of 237 cities within five states, Collaborative Public Management provides