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Governance of Social Enterprises as Producers of Public Services

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Organizational Innovation in Public Services

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There is a wide range of partnership relationships between the State and Third Sector organizations in Europe (Evers and Laville 2004; Evers 2005; Kendall 2009a). Social science researchers show an interest in moving forward the study of the different partnership types established between Third Sector organizations and the different levels of Public Administration responsible for producing and providing services. The coproduction (Brandsen and Pestoff 2006; Pestoff 1998; 2006), co- management (Brandsen and van Hoult 2006) and co- governance (Osborne 2008) concepts are the result of this interest. Research results indicate that the different types of welfare (Defourny and Nyssen 2010) and legislation (Zimmer 2010) in each country are the variables determining the intensity and characteristics of these partnerships. Politicians’ public agendas also play an important role. An example can be found in the agreements signed by the UK Labour Government and the voluntary community organizations in 1998 (Kendall 2003; 2009b).

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  1. Isabel Vidal
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  1. School of Management, University of Tampere, Finland

    Pekka Valkama (Research Director, Adjunct Professor), Stephen J. Bailey (Distinguished Professor and Emeritus Professor of Public Sector Economics) & Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko (Adjunct Professor) (Research Director, Adjunct Professor),  (Distinguished Professor and Emeritus Professor of Public Sector Economics) &  (Adjunct Professor)

  2. Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

    Pekka Valkama (Research Director, Adjunct Professor) (Research Director, Adjunct Professor)

  3. Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

    Stephen J. Bailey (Distinguished Professor and Emeritus Professor of Public Sector Economics) (Distinguished Professor and Emeritus Professor of Public Sector Economics)

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Vidal, I. (2013). Governance of Social Enterprises as Producers of Public Services. In: Valkama, P., Bailey, S.J., Anttiroiko, AV. (eds) Organizational Innovation in Public Services. Governance and Public Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137011848_10

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