TY - BOOK AU - Bingham ,Lisa Blomgren (ed) AU - O'Leary, Rosemary (ed) TI - Big ideas in collaborative public management SN - 9780765621184 U1 - 351.73011 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - M E Sharpe KW - Intergovernmental cooperation KW - United States KW - Political participation KW - Public administration KW - Public KW - private sector cooperation N1 - The world of public management is changing dramatically, fueled by technological innovations such as the Internet, globalism that permits us to outsource functions anywhere in the world, new ideas from network theory, and more. Public managers no longer are unitary leaders of unitary organizations - instead, they often find themselves convening, negotiating, mediating, and collaborating across borders.Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management brings together a rich variety of big picture perspectives on collaborative public management. The chapters are all original and written by distinguished experts. Designed for practical application, they range from examinations of under what conditions collaborative public management occurs to what it means to be a collaborative leader ER -