In Pursuit of Inter-Agency Collaboration In The Public Sector
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Public Management: An International Journal of Research and Theory
- Vol. 1 (2) , 235-260
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14719039900000005
Abstract
Although long seen as desirable, inter-agency collaboration has remained conceptually elusive and difficult to achieve. Whilst recognising that there are other positions, this article takes the normative position that collaboration is generally a ‘good thing’. It brings together strands of theoretical, conceptual and empirical literature from diverse disciplines in ‘order to better understand inter-agency collaboration as a concept and as a process, This is developed into a sequentially structured framework capable of being customised to a range of organisational and policy contexts.Keywords
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