Recently, there have been a variety of arguments voiced to encourage that more attention
be given to the role qualitative methods can play in mixed methods research in public policy …

Many recent sociological studies of urban poverty have drawn inspiration from the Chicago
School model of social disorganization. Studies of urban poverty and formal organizations …

Over the last decades, the use of mixed methods (MMs) has been burgeoning across social
sciences. MMs have also been recommended as a viable research strategy for conducting …

A systematic review of the public administration literature on public engagement and
participation is conducted with the expressed intent to develop an actionable evidence base …

This conceptual paper proposes a framework theorizing various service co-production
mechanisms that providers may use in health and social service fields caring vulnerable and …

This study explores the perceived legitimacy of collaborative governance from a citizens'
perspective. We use a preregistered online survey experiment to test the effect of three …

Introduction on a sweaty June after noon in 2011, fifty professionally dressed men and
women gathered at a construction site in Codman Square, a low-income neighborhood in …

Empirical studies and theories of government–nonprofit relationships have assumed a
unidirectional funding flow from governments to nonprofits and therefore focusing on the …

Collaborative governance is intended to solve complex problems and promote democratic
outcomes by connecting ground‐level stakeholders with government. In order for these …

In fragmented policy areas, collaboration between government entities and nonprofit
providers is thought to promote knowledge sharing and reinforce mutual accountability …