Restoring Trust Through the Co-Production of Public Services: A theoretical elaboration

Public Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 424-443

  Fledderus, Joost ^a   Brandsen, Taco ^a   Honingh, Marlies ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co production; new public governance; participation; public services; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896494159     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2013.848920     Document Type: Article

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