Public services management and co-production in multi-level governance settings

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-27

  Sicilia, Mariafrancesca ^a   Guarini, Enrico ^b   Sancino, Alessandro ^c   Andreani, Martino ^d   Ruffini, Renato ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Cattaneo LIUC University   (Italy)

Author keywords

co production; inter organizational collaboration; managerial skills; multi level governance; public service management

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 84960354042     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852314566008     Document Type: Article

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