Abstract English public services in general (and health and social care in particular) have
become increasingly dominated by the notion of partnership working. Despite this, more …

There is growing interest in the application of citizen participation within all areas of public
sector service development, where it is increasingly promoted as a significant strand of post …

Collaboration is a commonly prescribed method of public service improvement. If
collaboration fails, blame is typically ascribed to transaction costs, organizational inertia, or …

Much of what has been written about collaboration treats it instrumentally as a means–ends
tool of improvement. However, despite considerable collaborative activity there is little …

Despite claims of a paradigmatic shift toward the increased role of networks and
partnerships as a form of governance—driven and enabled by digital technologies—the …

As a social worker, you could work in a variety of different organisations, each with their own
purpose, culture and structure. Understanding and examining the complex issues involved …

In recent years collaborative working has moved from being an optional extra of public
service practice to being a core competency for individuals and teams. Has this led to better …

Abstract English councils have long aspired to be 'self‐sufficient', providing services within
single jurisdictions with limited inter‐local collaboration. However, by 2017 almost all local …

Purpose This paper investigates how outcomes-based performance management (PM)
regimes operate in the partnerships known as social impact bonds (SIBs), which bring …

Performing Governance sets out a new framework to assess the performance of
partnerships and examines what these actually deliver. This is applied to three areas of New …