Collaboration in Government - Forms and Practices (Hardcover)

* Designed to help public organizations parse the new and emerging forms of public partnerships and to develop the skills needed to manage them * Explores the many different forms of collaboration in government, both formal and informal, including strategic alliances, intergovernmental networks, and public-private partnerships * Offers examples of how partnerships have been used in real public organizations, providing the reader with an understanding of how to apply them in a variety of contexts, as well as lessons that may be gleaned from the successes (and failures) of these collaborative models.