Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship / Edition 1

by Eugene Bardach

Overview

"Collaboration between government agencies, an old joke goes, is an unnatural act committed by nonconsenting adults. Eugene Bardach argues that today's opinion climate favoring more results-oriented government makes collaboration a lot more natural—though it is still far from easy. In this book, Bardach diagnoses the difficulties, explains how they are sometimes overcome, and offers practical ideas for public managers, advocates, and others interested in developing interagency collaborative networks.

Bardach provides examples from diverse policy areas, including children, youth, and family services; welfare-to-work; antipollution enforcement; fire prevention; and ecosystem management.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815707974
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	348
Sales rank:	806,010
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)

About the Author

"Eugene Bardach is professor of public policy in the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author o f The Eight-Step Path of Policy Analysis: A Handbook for Practice (Berkeley Academic Press), for which he received the 1998 Donald T. Campbell award of the Policy Studies Organization for creative contributions to the methodology of policy analysis."

Editorial Reviews

Explains how the process of interagency collaboration works in the field of social services, and offers ideas for activists and practitioners of public management interested in furthering interagency collaboration. Overviews 19 cases of interagency collaboration, drawn from a variety of policy domains, and discusses elements of the collaborative process, such as consensus formation and negotiation over resource contributions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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