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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784775003321

Titolo

The international journal of sociology and social policy [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 28, Number 1/2 Collecting collaboration : understanding collaboration through stories / / Guest editors: Dr. Nick Ellis and Dr. Paul Hibbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald, 2008

ISBN

1-281-38516-6

9786611385163

1-84663-789-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (70 p.)

Collana

The international journal of sociology and social policy ; ; v.28, no.1/2

Altri autori (Persone)

EllisNick

HibbertPaul

Disciplina

158.3

158/.3

808.543

Soggetti

Social policy

Sociology

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Collecting collaboration: understanding collaboration through stories; Telling stories and the practice of collaboration; A democratic story: collaboration in the use of public budget; Discursive tensions in collaboration: stories of the marketplace; Competing interests: the challenge to collaboration in the public sector; Characters in stories of collaboration

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book aims to explore the uses of stories as data by researchers into inter-organizational collaboration and the kinds of insights gained in such "storied" approaches. It is generally agreed that, at their most foundational, stories are a way of sense-making, a way of understanding a present, preserving or changing a past and dreaming a future. Inter-organizational collaborations, and the relationships they engender, are also enacted along temporal dimensions and as such, provide a promising space for researching the emergence, use and role



that stories and storytelling plays in creating