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The aim of this book is to examine the forward-looking possibilities of multi-stakeholder value co-creation, which involves the renewed efforts of civil society, public managers, politicians, and society-at-large in a new post-pandemic era.

This book aims to promote new PSR understanding about social risk management. It utilises in-depth case studies comprising two anonymous Scottish Councils responsible for providing and reforming school education services.

This book intends to theoretically conceptualize and empirically investigate upcoming and established practices of community-based initiatives in various countries in which both citizens and governments join efforts and capacities to solve problems.

The rise and spread of Covid-19 in the beginning of 2020 presents a once-in-a-century challenge and opportunity for decision makers, managers, scholars, and citizens to understand the risks, mitigate its impact and prepare for future crises.

With contributions from renowned scholars and practitioners, and using case studies from developed and developing countries from around the world, this research-based edited collection examines the rationales for current roles of the Public Accounts Committees (PAC) and explores the links between PACs and National Audit Offices. This will be int

Drawing on ground-breaking research and partnerships, with contributions from senior public servants, this book explores the competing demands of different actors involved in policy change. Combined with differing theoretical perspectives, it provides a uniquely practical insight for those seeking to influence public policy.

Co-Production and Co-Creation offers a systematic and comprehensive theoretical and empirical examination of the concepts of co-production and co-creation and their application in practice. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level, academics and refl

This volume compiles a dozen essays, by one of the most prolific proponents of co-production as a solution for many of the challenges facing public services and democratic governance at the outset of the 21st Century. Co-production is considered a partnership between citizens and public service providers.

Boundary Crossing in Policy and Public Management digs into the heart of enduring questions and challenges for cross-boundary working, providing in-depth conceptual contributions on the fundamental challenges of boundary work.

This book intends to theoretically conceptualize and empirically investigate upcoming and established practices of community-based initiatives in various countries in which both citizens and governments join efforts and capacities to solve problems.

Presenting a multi-disciplinary approach to public procurement, this book offers its readers a practical description and analysis of the relevant policies, law and jurisprudence and explores possible future trends in public procurement regulation.

By adopting a Complex Adaptive Systems approach to public services, this book shifts the focus from increasing steering techniques to identifying patterns of behaviour of the participants with the objective of increasing policy-makers' understanding of the factors that may enable more effective public service decision-making and provision.

This edited volume addresses the matter of institutionalization, highlighting the difficulties associated with establishing stability and a shared understanding of the roles and rules among citizens, local politicians and administrators in participatory arrangements.

This book draws together research from a range of academic fields to develop a critical and theoretically informed analysis of the projectification of the public sector.