Collaboration in public services : the challenge for evaluation / edited by Andrew Gray ... [and others] ; with a foreword by Denis Desautels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gray, Andrew, 1947-

Series:

Comparative policy analysis series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--Evaluation.

Political planning.

Administrative agencies--Evaluation.

Administrative agencies.

Intergovernmental cooperation--Evaluation.

Intergovernmental cooperation.

Public-private sector cooperation--Evaluation.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Contracting out--Evaluation.

Contracting out.

Evaluation.

Physical Description:

xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

1. Collaborative Government and Evaluation: The Implications of a New Policy Instrument / Andrew Gray, Bill Jenkins, Frans Leeuw 1

2. Networks and Partnering Arrangements: New Challenges for Evaluation and Auditing / John Mayne, Tom Wileman, Frans Leeuw 29

3. Quangos, Evaluation, and Accountability in Collaborative Government / Bill Jenkins, Frans Leeuw, Sandra Van Thiel 53

4. The Politics of Evaluating Government Collaboration with the Third Sector / Robert Schwartz 83

5. Collaborating for Public Service Quality: The Implications for Evaluation / John Mayne, Olaf Rieper 105

6. Collaboration by Contract and Pooling Resources: The Implications for Evaluation / Goran Arvidsson 131

7. Results-Based Governance: Collaborating for Outcomes / John Mayne 155

8. Auditing and Evaluating Collaborative Government: The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions / Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc 179

9. Evaluation, Accountability, and Collaboration / Bob Segsworth 207

10. Evaluation and Collaborative Government: Lessons and Challenges / Andrew Gray, Bill Jenkins 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765801833

OCLC:

51223556