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No 2007:82:
The dynamics of co-management: state – nonprofit partnerships across policy fields
Taco Brandsen
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Liesbeth van den Munckhof
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Mirjan Oude Vrielink
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Taco Brandsen: Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Postal: Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9108, 6500 HK, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Liesbeth van den Munckhof: Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration, Postal: Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The, Netherlands
Mirjan Oude Vrielink: Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration, Postal: Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The, Netherlands
Abstract: 1. Introduction A burgeoning literature has drawn attention to partnerships between the state and the non-profit sector, which have recently been described as “co-management” (see the recent theme issue of the Public Management Review, December 2006). An area of specific interest are those activities that cross the boundaries of established policy fields, like social work, housing, health care, social services. Citizens’ needs never did comply with standard definitions of these fields. Rather, they tend to be individually defined and, at least from a government perspective, cross-sectoral. In our research on organisations from different policy fields in The Netherlands, we have observed that joint solutions to complex social problems are being developed, thereby tailoring solutions to individual needs. These solutions require partnerships between local authorities, various types of non-profit service providers in housing, health care, domiciliary care and social work. Sometimes the non-profits start partnerships with one another independently of government interference, whereas in other cases the local authorities take the lead. The paper will deal with the following question: What are the conditions that determine the success of interorganisational cooperation in the public services across organisational fields? This EGPA paper is the very first draft of a beautiful publication. At least, this is our dream, born of long and lonely nights of writing. It will presumably take us many more nights to realise it.
Keywords: Co-management; non-profit; partnerships; policy
Language: English
18 pages, 2007
Note: Paper presented at the conference of the European Group of Public Administration, 19-22 September 2007, Madrid
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