Public private partnerships : theory and practice in international perspective / edited by Stephen Osborne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osborne, Stephen P., 1953-

Series:

Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 19.

Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public-private sector cooperation--Case studies.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Partnership--Case studies.

Partnership.

Mixed economy--Case studies.

Mixed economy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Public-Private partnerships are an increasing aspect of the delivery of public policies and services across the world. This book is the first to draw upon a range of disciplines to offer theoretical perspectives upon their analysis as well as a range of case-studies of their management from around the world. It also offers a number of frameworks for the evaluation of their management. This book will be of interest to students of public policy and public management, whether at the undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; INTRODUCTION; Understanding public-private partnerships; The theory of partnership: why have partnerships?; Public-private partnerships: sectoral perspectives; Public-private partnerships: rethinking the boundary between public and private law; Understanding the process of public-private partnerships; Governing public-private partnerships: analysing and managing the processes and institutional characteristics of public-private partnerships; Comparative public policy contexts for public-private partnerships

Public-private partnerships in the United States: historical patterns and current trendsPublic-private partnerships and the 'New Labour' Government in Britain; The East Asia region: do public-private partnerships make sense?; The decline of Leviathan: state, market and civil society in South-East Asia 1986 1998; Public-private partnerships in international perspective: practice and management; Public-private partnerships in the European Union: officially suspect, embraced in daily practice

Transforming the state into a partner in cooperative development: an evaluation of NGO-government partnership in the PhilippinesThe propensity, persistence and performance of public-private partnerships in Sweden; Partnerships in Pittsburgh: the evaluation of complex local initiatives; Rural Action for the Environment in the UK: developing partnerships and promoting learning through networks; Building 'active' partnerships in aid-recipient countries: lessons from a rural development project in Bangladesh

Partnership between local government and the local community in the area of social policy: A Hungarian experienceEvaluating public-private partnerships; Evaluating the impact of public-private partnerships: a Canadian perspective; What makes partnerships work?; NGO partners: the characteristics of effective development partnerships; CONCLUSIONS; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-61505-1

0-429-22967-4

1-134-61506-X

1-280-32413-9

9786610324132

0-203-20711-4

9780429229671

OCLC:

742299215