Partnerships and Networks as Self-Organizing Systems: an Antidote to Principal-Agent Theory

Bovaird, Tony; Sharifi, Sudi

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“…Promises of more efficient and innovative service delivery require governments to transfer tasks and risks to the private sector (Greve and Hodge ). Governments should leave the daily management of the PPP project to the private companies so that they can use their expertise, skills and creativity to determine how to execute, manage and monitor their tasks (Bovaird and Sharifi ). This paradigm is very much in line with the original principles of PPPs as it originated in the Private Finance Initiative in the UK.…”

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How do professionals perceive the governance of public–private partnerships? Evidence from Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark

Warsen

Greve

Klijn

et al. 2019

Public Administration

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In public–private partnerships (PPPs), the collaboration between public and private actors can be complicated. With partners coming from different institutional backgrounds and with different interests, governing these partnerships is important to ensure the projects' progress. There is, however, little knowledge about the perceptions of professionals regarding the governance of PPPs. This study aims to exlore professionals' viewpoints about governing PPPs, and to explain potential differences using four theoretical governance paradigms. Using Q methodology, the preferences of 119 public and private professionals in Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark are explored. Results show four different viewpoints regarding the governance of PPPs. Experience, country and the public–private distinction seem to influence these viewpoints. Knowledge of these differences can inform efforts to govern PPPs and contribute to more successful partnerships.

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Section: Governance Paradigms and Ppps: A Theoretical Explorationmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do professionals perceive the governance of public–private partnerships? Evidence from Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark

Warsen

Greve

Klijn

et al. 2019

Public Administration

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“…As such the network can be considered to have the characteristics of a complex adapted system (Gleick, 1988). Such a network can be considered to provide an exemplar which refutes the argument of Bovaird and Sharifi (1998) concerning the danger of self-organising systems potentially damaging the welfare of vulnerable groups as the travellers themselves, according to most definition, would be considered to be such a vulnerable group. Interestingly the travellers themselves would not depict themselves in this manner and consider that they have a strong and vibrant community identity grounded in their aspirations.…”

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Rekindling community spirit and identity: the role of ecoprotestors

Crowther

Cooper

2002

Management Decision

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One of the features of current society is that of protest against environmental issues and this paper considers protest against road building and the ecoprotest movement. In doing so it considers both the local inhabitants and new age travellers who are involved in such protest to show that not only does ecoprotest, as a form of protest, raise the profile of environmental issues within public discourse but also opens up space for such discourse. Of greater significance is the effect which the ecoprotest, movement has upon a local sense of identity and community. Indeed the travellers themselves, through their action and engagement, demonstrate that the key determinant of community identity is grounded in self-belief and shared aspirations rather than in an externally imposed definition or in any economic imperatives. This paper shows that the migration of this sense of self-belief into mainstream society serves to demonstrate that community spirit and identity are extant in modern society but need a catalyst for their re-emergence. In doing so the role of ecoprotest points towards a possible mechanism for the re-emergence of an active and participatory sense of community identity within society as a whole.

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Public–Private Partnerships: from Contested Concepts to Prevalent Practice

Bovaird

2004

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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This article explores the current state of knowledge in relation to public-private partnerships (PPPs), taken to mean working arrangements based on a mutual commitment (over and above that implied in any contract) between a public sector organization with any organization outside of the public sector. Since it originally became fashionable over 25 years ago, the concept of PPPs has been strongly contested. However, PPPs are now to be found in the public domain in many countries around the world and their number has been increasing in recent years. This article looks at how this has happened, what have been the strengths and weaknesses of this development and what the future may hold for PPPs. It argues that we are still at an early stage of learning which types of PPP are appropriate for which tasks and at managing PPPs to increase public value. It will be essential to apply principles of good governance to the future development of PPPs -but it will also be necessary to ensure that these principles are genuinely appropriate to the context in which these PPPs are working. What does partnership mean to me? Just a way of transferring my work to the

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Partnerships and Networks as Self-Organizing Systems: an Antidote to Principal-Agent Theory

Cited by 5 publications

References 1 publication

How do professionals perceive the governance of public–private partnerships? Evidence from Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark

How do professionals perceive the governance of public–private partnerships? Evidence from Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark

Rekindling community spirit and identity: the role of ecoprotestors

Public–Private Partnerships: from Contested Concepts to Prevalent Practice

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