Network-based collaboration between public and private stakeholders may bring about a renaissance in creative governance. In this book, Jacob Torfing draws on extensive research to analyze and promote the emerging field of collaborative innovation. His exploration of processes and the roles of specific systems combine the analytical and theoretical. The result is a collection of reflections and propositions that provides a much-needed blueprint for study in this emerging but still-unsettled field.
Mason Transit is a publicly funded transit authority with 30 vehicles and a $1.2 million annual operating budget. It contracts out all of its services to a private provider. Mason Transit receives both Federal and state operating funds ...
Examines the little-explored topic of relations between state governments and their respective local governments.
The book examines the relationships between multilateral institutions that play a significant role in contemporary efforts to manage international security.
This is first ever a comprehensive study focussing on the empirical analysis of relations between the UN, the World Bank, the IAEA and the EU in the context of the responsibility of international organisations.
In this book, Jacob Torfing explores collaborative innovation as a way for public and private stakeholders to break the impasse.
Public-public partnerships in health and essential services
What sets this book apart is the introduction of social network analysis and coverage of applications of social network analysis in the policy and management domains.