Co-production: The State of the Art in Research and the Future Agenda

Verschuere, Bram; Brandsen, Taco; Pestoff, Victor

doi:10.1007/s11266-012-9307-8

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“…This obstructs comparative work, especially because the concept of co-production is used so differently. Thus, Verschuere et al (2012) conclude that research on co-production would benefit from larger methodological diversity. The past few years, scholars have started answering this call by introducing a variety of methods to the field of co-production, such as Q-methodology (Van Eijk and Steen, 2014), natural experiments (Jakobsen, 2013) and large-N surveys (Bovaird et al, 2015;Clark et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…On the basis of these new insights, the study will provide input towards a more sophisticated model to test the relation between co-production and trust in service delivery, trust in government and generalized trust. Verschuere et al (2012) find that most of the research on co-production is based on case studies, limiting the scope of the findings. Partly as a result of these case study designs, mostly qualitative data have been collected.…”

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“…As Verschuere et al (2012) remark, co-production is a key element of this 'emerging paradigm'. Services can no longer rely on hierarchical service delivery by professionals and staff of public agencies, but are increasingly co-produced by citizens and communities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Brudney and England, 1983;Parks et al, 1981;Whitaker, 1980), it has lately become a mainstream topic . The expectation is that when citizens are actively involved as co-producers of public service delivery, it results in better quality, but also in a better relations among citizens and between citizens and government (Bovaird, 2007;Brudney and England, 1983;Levine, 1984;Ostrom, 1996;Pestoff, 2009;Verschuere et al, 2012). The economic malaise as a result of the credit crisis in 2007 increased the salience of co-production even more.…”

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“…To move beyond this stage, it is necessary to address a number of theoretical issues that, at least with regard to co-production, have received little systematic treatment in the literature (cf. Verschuere et al, 2012). Specifically, it is important to specify (a) the concepts of coproduction and trust and (b) the social and psychological mechanisms that link the two.…”

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Co-production: The State of the Art in Research and the Future Agenda

Cited by 413 publications

References 15 publications

User co-production of public service delivery: Effects on trust

User co-production of public service delivery: Effects on trust

From citizen participation to government participation: An exploration of the roles of local governments in community initiatives for climate change adaptation in the Netherlands

Why do citizens engage in climate action? A comprehensive framework of individual conditions and a proposed research approach

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