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New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production
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New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production

by Victor Pestoff, Taco Brandsen, Bram Verschuere
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
406 pages
14h 46m
English
Routledge
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20  Conclusion

Taking Research onCo-Production a Step Further

Taco Brandsen, Bram Verschuereand Victor Pestoff

OVERVIEW

In earlier work, it was suggested that “future research [on co-production] could conceptualize the different types of functions more systematically and assess them on a cross-sectoral and/or cross-national basis” (Pestoff, Osborne and Brandsen, 2006, 594). We took up the challenge and defined the questions presented in the introduction to this volume:

  • Conceptual issues: What is the nature of co-production, and what different conceptualizations exist, especially in the context of public management?
  • Empirical issues: How does co-production work in public service delivery in practice? Is it as successful or mundane as some of ...
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ISBN: 9780415897136