In Recent Years Public Management Research In A Variety Of Disciplines Has Paid Increasing Attention To The Role Of Citizens And The Third Sector In The Provision Of Public Services. Several Of These Efforts Have Employed The Concept Of Co-production To Better Understand And Explain This Trend. This Book Aims To Go Further By Systematizing The Growing Body Of Academic Papers And Reports That Focus On Various Aspects Of Co-production And Its Potential Contribution To New Public Governance. It Has An Interdisciplinary Focus That Makes A Unique Contribution To The Body Of Knowledge In This Fie New Public Governance, The Third Sector And Co-production; Copyright; Contents; List Of Tables; List Of Figures; Foreword; 1 Co-production As A Maturing Concept; Part I What Is Co-production? Conceptual And Theoretical Perspectives; 2 Co-production And Third Sector Social Services In Europe: Some Crucial Conceptual Issues; 3 From Engagement To Co-production: How Users And Communities Contribute To Public Services; 4 Co-production: Contested Meanings And Challenges For User Organizations; 5 Third Sector And The Co-construction Of Canadian Public Policy; 6 From Co-production To Co-governance Part Ii How Does Co-production Work?7 Co-production From A Normative Perspective; 8 Co-production And Network Structures In Public Education; 9 The Conditions For Successful Co-production In Housing: A Case Study Of German Housing Cooperatives; 10 Co-production In An Information Age; Part Iii How Does Co-management Work?; 11 Co-management To Solve Homelessness: Wicked Solutions For Wicked Problems; 12 Co-management In Urban Regeneration: New Perspectives On Transferable Collaborative Practice 13 'don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You?' On The Partnerships Between Private Citizen Initiatives And Local Government14 Co-producing Safety Or Participative Window Dressing? Regulation Partnerships In German Local Governance Arrangements; 15 The Potential Of Nonprofit-government Partnerships For Promoting Citizen Involvement; Part Iv Effects Of Co-production: Service Quality, Accountability And Democracy; 16 Co-production And Service Quality: A New Perspective For The Swedish Welfare State; 17 Co-production: An Alternative To The Partial Privatization Processes In Italy And Norway 18 The Challenges Of Co-management For Public Accountability: Lessons From Flemish Child Care19 New Public Governance, Co-production And Third Sector Social Services In Europe: Crowding In And Crowding Out; 20 Conclusion: Taking Research On Co-production A Step Further; List Of Contributors; Index Edited By Victor Pestoff, Taco Brandsen And Bram Verschuere. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English