Network governance has received much attention within the fields of public administration
and policy in recent years, but surprisingly few books are designed specifically to help …

I nstitutional collective action (ICA) dilemmas arise from the division or partitioning of
authority in which decisions by one government in one or more specific functional area …

Fragmented authority and service responsibilities within governments can impact the design
and implementation of policy. Administrative structures can play an important role in …

Economic development is a policy area where competition tends to be the norm, but it is also
one in which cities cooperate through a variety of formal and informal mechanisms. Taking a …

With the recent trend toward collaborative governance, governmental and nongovernmental
actors are actively engaged in the environmental governance in China, forming formal and …

Service collaborations often must confront risks arising from problems of coordination,
division, and defection. US scholars have focused on understanding the efficacy of three …

The influences of state government have been curiously absent from most studies of
collaboration among cities. Extant research on city collaboration which promotes on climate …

Regional collaboration has become a popular means to manage shared resources and
address cross‐jurisdictional boundary issues. The question of who participates in the …

This article draws on the institutional collective action (ICA) framework and data from a
survey of senior public health and emergency management professionals in the Dallas–Fort …

This study explores the nature of “collaboration” risk in joint ventures and the factors that
affect local development officials' perceptions of these risks. Extant research on barriers to …