Rethinking public-private partnerships : strategies for turbulent times / edited by Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greve, Carsten.

Hodge, Graeme A.

Series:

Routledge critical studies in public management ; 10.

Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public-private sector cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The global financial crisis hit the world in a remarkable way in late 2008. Many governments and private sector organizations, who had considered Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to be their future, were forced to rethink their strategy in the wake of the crisis, as a lot of the available private funding upon which PPPs relied, was suddenly no longer available to the same extent. At the same time, governments and international organizations, like the European Union, were striving to make closer partnerships between the public sector and the private sector economy a hallmark for future pol

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Public-private partnership in turbulent times; 2 The impact of the global financial crisis on public-privatepartnerships: A UK perspective; 3 What return for risk? The price of equity capital inpublic-private partnerships; 4 Mind the gap: Accountability and value for money inpublic-private partnerships in Ireland; 5 Enhancing innovation in public organizations throughpublic-private partnerships: The role of public managers

6 Incorporating non-profit sector perspectives in the study ofpublic-private partnerships7 A Foucault perspective on public-private partnershipmega-projects; 8 The public management of public-private partnerships: US city-level structures for brownfield clean-up and redevelopment; 9 Beyond the contract: The challenge of evaluating theperformance(s) of public-private partnerships; 10 A theory-driven approach to public-private partnerships: Thedynamics of complexity and control; 11 Conclusions: Rethinking public-private partnerships; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 14, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-26456-6

0-203-10813-2

1-136-26457-4

9780203108130

OCLC:

845254071