Performance and public value in the 'hollow state' : assessing government-nonprofit partnerships / edited by Kelly LeRoux, Nathaniel S. Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeRoux, Kelly, editor.

Wright, Nathaniel S., editor.

Series:

Successful Public Governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government productivity--Evaluation--United States.

Government productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

This innovative book sheds light on two key questions at the forefront of government-nonprofit partnerships: How are nonprofits performing? And does the involvement of nonprofits in a public service add public value?.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Tables

About the editors and contributors

Preface and acknowledgements

1. Assessing performance and public value in the hollow state

2. The challenge of nonprofit accountability and quality control in the urban hollow state: the case of public education

3. Are outsourced public health services linked to better health outcomes? Findings from a national study of service contracting by local health departments

4. The role of community action agencies in facilitating successful sustainable development in American cities

5. Bridging charitable support and public service performance: a preliminary analysis of large US city park systems

6. Negotiating performance: the strategic responses of associations where people in poverty raise their voice

7. Reconceptualizing performance: filling the hollow state with public value

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: LeRoux, Kelly Performance and Public Value in the 'Hollow State'

ISBN:

1-80220-039-8