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Exploring public–private partnerships through knowledge cybernetics
Author(s) -
Yolles Maurice,
Iles Paul
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.803
Subject(s) - ideology , cybernetics , alliance , schema (genetic algorithms) , sociology , public good , public relations , knowledge management , economics , epistemology , political science , computer science , neoclassical economics , law , philosophy , machine learning , politics
Knowledge cybernetics operates as a social geometry and incorporates joint alliance theory. Using its schema, an exploration is made of how in a globalizing economy governments may seek to enhance their social infrastructural provision by coupling private corporations into public services and producing public–private partnerships. This paper will explore and explain the systemic needs of such partnerships, their ontological and epistemological pathologies, and their ethical and ideological contradictions. Despite the unlikelihood of partnerships functioning effectively to the benefit of social provision, the persistence of the use of private provision in the delivery of social goods may have an ideological explanation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.