The “woolliness” and “methodological hurdles” of co‐production make it challenging to
compare and contrast different co‐production policy initiatives and their outcomes, and distil …

This chapter discusses how a more evidence-based approach might be taken to co-
production. It outlines a range of developments which mean that public policy and practice …

Although frequently perceived as a 'woolly'policy concept and a means to reduce public
service delivery costs, co-production can lead to increased quality and efficiency of services …

Co-production has become a buzzword for both scholars and practitioners in the past
decade. This introduction to the thematic issue 'Co-production: Implementation problems …

In this chapter a conceptual model is developed in order to distinguish the impacts of co-
production. The chapter then summarises the current state of evidence on how coproduction …

The concept of coproduction primarily refers to direct user involvement in the production of
services. This paper identifies the main dimensions of this broad and at times fuzzy concept …

This study draws upon an analysis of the literature from a systematic review perspective. The
concepts of co-production and public participation were combined into a search string within …

Co-production was introduced in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s to
describe the active involvement of service recipients in the service delivery process (eg …

This study investigates current research trends in co-production studies and discusses
conceptual approaches. The conceptual paper contains studies on co-production in the field …

In order to answer the question in the title, this chapter presents a brief investigation into the
origins of the concept of 'co-production'and an exploration of how it has functioned in UK …