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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellis, Nick.

Hibbert, Paul.

Series:

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy - Volume 28, Edition 1 & 2

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-38516-6

9786611385163

1-84663-789-9

OCLC:

243622855