Voluntary-Public Sector Co-production in Denmark: Why Differences Between Welfare Areas?

The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Co-Production of Welfare Services: A Systematic Literature Review

“…One main reason is that these frameworks seek to categorize the role of nonprofit organizations primarily in relation to a dominant actor, such as the government and its public organization. The goal in this article is less to understand the role of nonprofit organizations in relation to the state, and more to tease out the specifics of the role of nonprofit organizations in relation to the type of co-production that takes place between professionals and users (Brandsen et al, 2018;Ibsen, 2021;Jukić et al, 2019;Verschuere et al, 2012).…”

“…It should be noted that there exist many different definitions and understandings of coproduction Loeffler, 2021a;Pestoff, 2012) and similar concepts in the literature, such as co-creation (Brandsen et al, 2018;Loeffler, 2021b;Rodriguez Müller et al, 2021;Torfing et al, 2019;Voorberg et al, 2015), although some argue that for example coproduction and co-creation are conceptually distinct (Torfing et al, 2019). Co-production is in this article defined as a process that takes place between users and professionals, rather than as processes in the collaboration between, for example, the public and the nonprofit sector, between public and nonprofit organizations, or between public organizations and external stakeholders (Brandsen et al, 2018;Ibsen, 2021;Jukić et al, 2019;Verschuere et al, 2012).…”

“…Many countries are searching for new ways to provide and govern welfare in order to meet major demographical, political, and economic challenges (Pestoff, 2009). Coproduction is promoted as one of these ways, as it is said to provide a model for the mix of professionals and users as well as different organizations and sectors to contribute to the provision of welfare services Brandsen et al, 2018;Ibsen, 2021;Ostrom, 1996;Parks et al, 1981;Verschuere et al, 2012). Even though co-production is far from a panacea (Brandsen & Helderman, 2012;Porter, 2012), research has established that co-production could increase quality, democratic participation, and user satisfaction, among other results (Rantamäki, 2017;Segnestam Larsson et al, 2021;Vamstad, 2012).…”

Embedded and exterior practices of cross-sector co-production: the impact of fields

“…This blurring of the boundaries of legitimate participation creates opportunities for new crosssectorial forms of collaboration and practices (Gray & Purdy, 2018, p.36). Policy makers see co-production between public actors and voluntary, non-profit actors as a key element in the future welfare architecture across a range of social issues (Bovaird et al, 2015;Grønbjerg & Smith, 2021;Ibsen et al, 2021). However, co-production activities are set within different fields with varying degrees of structuration, different power constellations, dissimilar degrees of contestation, and various distributional logics and conflicts over resources and recognition (Krause, 2018).…”

Frivilliges samarbejde med medarbejdere i kirken - med hvilket engagement?

“…Forskellene mellem det frivillige og det professionelle står ikke skrevet i sten -men er flydende og vanskeligt, som en del forskere også har konkluderet i andre studier af samarbejde mellem frivillige og professionelle(Ibsen 2021). Der er tale om et delvist åbent mellemvaerende mellem den professionelle og den frivillige.…”