Strategic Collaboration in Public and Nonprofit Administration

Dorothy Norris-Tirrell (Author) ,  Joy A. Clay (University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA) (Author)

• The Promise of Strategic Collaboration. A New Lens: The Life Cycle Model of Collaboration. Assessing Collaborative Readiness: The Missing Strategic Step. Strategic Collaboration in Action: Six Principles. Attending to the Forgotten: The Elderly, Collaborative Practice, and Evacuation. Running out of Classrooms! Solving Overcrowding through Collaborative School Planning. Moving Beyond Hierarchies: Creating Effective Collaboration Networks for West Nile Virus Biosurveillance in Oregon. Information Stewardship and Collaboration: Advancing Evidence-Based Public Policy Decision Making. Choices and Challenges Sustaining a Rural Health Network When Funding Vanishes. Collaboration, Citizen Participation, and Environmental Protection in the Marine Oil Trade of Alaska. Paving the Way for Public Transportation in Texas through Public Collaboration. Cape Fear Healthy Carolinians: Taking Risks, Crossing Boundaries. Building a Community–Higher Education Collaboration to Meet the Needs of the Local Nonprofit Sector. The Mastery of Strategic Collaboration Practice. References. Appendices.

Research on collaboration has grown tremendously, but a rigorous, step-by-step guide to collaborating in practice has been missing from my bookshelf. This book successfully fills that gap by introducing a comprehensive model of strategic collaboration and demonstrating thoroughly the applicability of the model with teachable case studies.—Michael McGuire, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana UniversityThis book takes a huge step forward in linking collaboration theory to practice. The editors do practitioners a great service in developing a strategic collaboration framework and buttressing it with helpful tools and illustrative case studies. I envision professionals turning to it frequently to guide their efforts to collaborate.—James L. Perry, Distinguished Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington (USA) and Yonsei University, Seoul (South Korea)A superb book for professional graduate programs in public administration, public health, education, and social work—full of points to keep in mind, concrete steps to take, specific tools to use, practical tips, and actual cases with lessons learned. The perfect antidote to unabashed enthusiasm for collaboration as a cure-all—we are reminded that it is often but not always desirable, should not be tried unless it will probably work, and is not attempted without careful preparation.—Charles T. Goodsell, Virginia TechThe co-editors and collaborators have done a masterful job of focusing our attention on the increasing relevance and significance of strategic collaboration. Their collective work advances our understanding of the theory and practice of these processes, and is ‘must reading’ for all who are concerned with effective public service delivery across jurisdictions.—Meredith A. Newman, Florida International University; President, American Society for Public Administration; Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration