Governing public-private partnerships / Joshua Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Joshua, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public-private sector cooperation--Management.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Governments around the world are clambering to engage the private sector in order to build infrastructure and deliver public services. However, the role of the state in managing new relationships with companies is often murky. Is the government a slow and wasteful bureaucracy that must be held at bay or is it a necessary authority? Assessing the appropriate role for governments within these partnerships and the factors that lead to their success or failure, Governing Public-Private Partnerships delves into two examples of collaborative projects in urban transportation: Vancouver's Canada Line and the Sydney Airport Rail Link. Through personal interviews with CEOs, senior bureaucrats, and politicians, Joshua Newman compares the strategies pursued by an active and shrewd provincial government in British Columbia with the more hands-off state government in New South Wales, Australia. By supporting networks of players in the transportation game, actively seeking lessons from international experience, and innovating responses to novel policy problems, the public sector was able to lead the Canada Line partnership to operational success. In Sydney, however, the unwillingness of the state government to manage the partnership resulted in a sluggish Airport Link that, after sixteen years in operation, still has not met its original expectations. At a time of renewed interest in private involvement with public services, Governing Public-Private Partnerships provides an in-depth look into how the state can--and must--remain involved."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Public-private partnerships

Governance and the role of the state

Case studies

Supporting and managing policy networks

Making use of policy learning

Innovation : collaborative project management

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 7, 2017).

ISBN:

9780773550018

0773550011

9780773550001

0773550003

OCLC:

975051670