TY - BOOK AU - Sullivan,Helen AU - Skelcher,Chris ED - Askews & Holts TI - Working across boundaries: collaboration in public services SN - 9781403940100 (e-book) AV - HD4148 .S85 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamphsire, New York PB - Palgrave KW - Privatization KW - Great Britain KW - Public-private sector cooperation KW - Politics and Government KW - ukslc KW - Public administration KW - thema KW - Regional / local / state government policies KW - Civil service & public sector KW - Social welfare & social services KW - Central / national / federal government policies KW - Society & culture: general KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780333961506; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web N2 - Collaboration between governments, business and the voluntary and community sectors is now central to the way public policy is made, managed and delivered. The book provides an authoritative account of the theory, policy and practice of collaboration; Collaboration between governments, business, the voluntary and community sectors is now central to the way public policy is made, managed and delivered. This book provides the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the theory, policy and practice of collaboration. Written by two leading authorities in the field the book explores the experience of collaboration in regeneration, health and other policy sectors, and assesses the consequences of the emergence of public-private partnerships contrasting the UK experience to that elsewhere in the world UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=BradfordC&isbn=9781403940100 ER -