Partnerships that Last: Identifying the Keys to Resilient Collaboration (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration)
Cambridge University Press, 11/14/2019
EAN 9781108745284, ISBN10: 1108745288
Paperback, 58 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Language: English
Communities across the United States face a variety of vexing and intractable problems that are not easily - or quickly - solved by any one organization or sector. Rather, partners must work together over time to address these shared priorities. It also requires an individual and collective ability to overcome the challenges and setbacks that arise along the way, a key question emerges: what keeps community partnerships strong over time? This Element compares and contrasts a sample of enduring voluntary partnerships with those that have ended to identify the features that contribute to collaborative resilience, or the ability of partnerships to respond productively to shocks and change over time.
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical foundations
3. The study
4. Understanding critical junctures
5. Exploring the keys to resilience
6. Learning from failure
7. Resilience and failure through the lens of polyphony
8. Reflections on success
9. The goal of resilience
leaving a lasting legacy
10. Recommendations
11. Paradoxical reflections
12. Conclusion.