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Collaboration in public services : the challenge for evaluation / Andrew Gray [and four others] editors ; with a foreword by Denis Desautels.
2003
D 19 GRA.C
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Title
Collaboration in public services : the challenge for evaluation / Andrew Gray [and four others] editors ; with a foreword by Denis Desautels.
Author
Edition
V. X.
Description
xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN
0765801833 cloth
9780765801838 cloth
9781351323666 electronic book
1351323660 electronic book
9781138508248
9780765801838 cloth
9781351323666 electronic book
1351323660 electronic book
9781138508248
Alternate Call Number
D 19 GRA.C
Summary
"The International Group for Policy and Program Evaluation (INTEVAL) serves as a forum for scholars and practitioners of public policy to discuss ideas and developments as a community dedicated to enhancing the contribution of evaluation to government. From the group's studies has emerged a concern with the impact of public management reforms. Collaboration in Public Services examines collaboration in the delivery of public policies and identifies the challenges for policy and program evaluation.Written by a mix of academics, program managers, evaluators, and auditors, this volume explores the forms and challenges of collaboration in different national contexts. Chapter 1 introduces the notion and manifestations of collaboration and discusses emerging issues. Chapter 2 examines partnerships and networks of public service delivery. Chapter 3, drawing on Dutch and British data, reveals the QUANGO as both a collaborative end and means. Chapter 4 analyzes Israel's push to enhance collaboration with voluntary organizations. Chapter 5 examines the Canadian and Danish experiences.Chapter 6 suggests that the creation of markets to improve quality has not been totally successful at least in Nordic countries. Chapter 7 suggests that traditional service values such as trust and parliamentary accountability are challenged by the complexity of collaboration, but, using illustrations from Canada and other OECD countries, argues that results-based governance can increase trust, flexibility, and empowerment. Chapter 8 demonstrates from Dutch and Canadian experiences that auditor responses to collaborative delivery tend to overlook traditional roles as guardians of accountability on behalf of parliaments. Chapter 9 deliberates the efficacy of programs involving multiple partners. Chapter 10 discusses the lessons and challenges of evaluation and collaborative government."--Provided by publisher.
Note
"First published 2003 by Transaction Publishers."-- Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Collaborative government and evaluation: the implications of a new policy instrument; 2. Networks and partnering arrangements: new challenges for evaluation and auditing; 3. Quangos, evaluation, and accountability in collaborative governement; 4. The politics of evaluating government collaboration with the third sector; 5. Collaborating for public service quality: the implications for evaluation; 6. Collaboration by contract and pooling resources: the implications for evaluation; 7. Results-based governance: collaborating for outcomes; 8. Auditing and evaluation collaborative government: the role of supreme audit institutions; 9. Evaluation, accountability, and collaboration; 10. Evaluation and collaborative government: lessons and challenges.
Series
Comparative policy analysis series.
Location
NL Stacks JF1525 P6 C64 2003
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Published
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2003]
Language
English
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