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Partnership Working in Public Policy Provision: A Framework for Evaluation
Author(s) -
Asthana Sheena,
Richardson Sue,
Halliday Joyce
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.00317
Subject(s) - general partnership , action (physics) , social partnership , public relations , key (lock) , public policy , conceptual framework , public administration , process management , political science , sociology , business , economic growth , economics , computer science , social science , physics , computer security , quantum mechanics , law
Partnership working has emerged as a key feature of New Labour’s approach to social policy. However, although the theoretical benefits of partnership have been well rehearsed, agencies charged with fostering partnerships lack “evidence” about how best to proceed in bringing about organizational change. This paper describes the development and implementation of a practical approach to capturing the strategies that can be used to establish, strengthen and sustain local partnerships. To this end, it presents a conceptual framework for the evaluation of partnership working and demonstrates the application of the framework to an investigation of partnership working in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, and Plymouth Health action zones.