Overview
- Examines the ways in which co-production can contribute to the creation, design, and delivery of public services
- Focuses especially on local government and the health and social care sector
- Presents and analyzes various experiences of co-production
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)
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This book examines the various ways in which co-production can contribute to the creation, design, and delivery of public services, namely by engaging the expertise of users and their networks, by promoting public services that are better targeted and more responsive to users, by cutting costs against the background of austerity in public finance, by creating a synergy between government and civil society that will impact positively on social capital, and by addressing the challenges resulting from growing democratic and citizenship deficits. Particular attention is paid to local government and the health and social care sector. After definition of the concept of co-production, the critical issues which arise when public services are co-produced are discussed. Various experiences of co-production are presented and analyzed with a view to highlighting why, how, and with what effect public service co-production may be implemented. Individual chapters focus on the impact of co-productionin making cities smarter and the use of ICT in supporting co-production of public services. The book will be of relevance to a wide readership, from students to academics and professionals interested or engaged in public service management.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Co-production in the Public Sector
Book Subtitle: Experiences and Challenges
Editors: Mariagrazia Fugini, Enrico Bracci, Mariafrancesca Sicilia
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30558-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30556-1Published: 05 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30558-5Published: 27 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 139
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Management of Computing and Information Systems, Business Ethics