Edited by Janine O’Flynn and John Wanna
ISBN 9781921536403 $24.95 (GST inclusive)
ISBN 9781921536410 (Online)
Published December 2008
Co-published with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Collaboration has emerged as a central concept in public policy circles in Australia and a panacea to the complex challenges facing Australia. But is this really the cure-all it seems to be? In this edited collection we present scholarly and practitioner perspectives on the drivers, challenges, prospects and promise of collaboration. The papers, first presented at the 2007 ANZSOG Conference, draw on the extensive experience of the contributors in either trying to enact collaboration, or studying the processes of this phenomenon. Together the collection provides important insights into the potential of collaboration, but also the fiercely stubborn barriers to adopting more collaborative approaches to policy and implementation. Continue reading
