Working Together: Critical Perspectives on Six Cross-Sector Partnerships in Southern Africa

Rein, Melanie; Stott, Leda

doi:10.1007/s10551-008-9915-9

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“…Critical studies tend to reiterate the importance of context (Rein and Stott 2009) and of taking the consequences for communities into account. Most studies conclude that the impacts of partnerships need to be addressed at three levels of analysis: community, network, and organization (Provan and Milward 2001;Babiak 2009).…”

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Enhancing the Impact of Cross-Sector Partnerships

et al. 2015

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This paper addresses the topic of this special symposium issue: how to enhance the impact of crosssector partnerships. The paper takes stock of two related discussions: the discourse in cross-sector partnership research on how to assess impact and the discourse in impact assessment research on how to deal with more complex organizations and projects. We argue that there is growing need and recognition for cross-fertilization between the two areas. Cross-sector partnerships are reaching a paradigmatic status in society, but both research and practice need more thorough evidence of their impacts and of the conditions under which these impacts can be enhanced. This paper develops a framework that should enable a constructive interchange between the two research areas, while also framing existing research into more precise categories that can lead to knowledge accumulation.

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Section: Methodological and Measurement Challengesmentioning

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“…Identification of true causation is particularly important in cross-sector alliances where private, public, and not-for-profit organizations are taking actions simultaneously towards agreed goals, but can have individual perspectives about which sector is responsible for winning and for failing (Rein and Stott 2009). For example, which organizations were responsible for what outcomes was a topic of praise and blame rather than evaluation and learning in the Brexit campaign (Erlanger 2016).…”

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Determinants in Competition between Cross-Sector Alliances

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Kauttio

Mubarak

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Administrative Sciences

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Private, public, and not-for-profit organizations come together in cross-sector alliance projects and programmes (CSA) to bring about large-scale changes. CSA can often face determined competition from other alliances that oppose large-scale change or propose alterative large-scale changes. Competition can be related to people's deeply held beliefs arising from their ideologies, cultures, and/or other sources of entrenched preconceptions. In previous CSA research, there has been little consideration of competition between CSA involving people's deeply held beliefs. Accordingly, in this paper, a conceptual framework for better understanding CSA competition is introduced. This encompasses the influence of people's beliefs and related underlying determinants. This is necessary because there are many large-scale challenges that involve private, public, and not-for-profit organizations working together in projects and programmes against competition.

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“…Bovaird (2004) defines PPPs as working arrangements based on a mutual commitment over and above that implied in the contract between the public and the private sectors. Evidence shows that PPPs work well where there is commitment and trust between the government and the participating enterprises (Rein and Stott, 2009). …”

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Accountability challenges in public–private partnerships from a South African perspective

Fombad

2014

AJOBE

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One of the potential benefits of public-private partnerships (PPPs) is its capacity to enhance accountability. Although the South African government has made several efforts to address the need for fairness in service delivery and improve accountability in procurement, accountability remains a challenge in PPPs in South Africa and most other countries. If PPPs are to play their role in infrastructure development and service delivery, and thus serve public interests, the problem of accountability must be addressed. This paper attempts to identify some of the accountability challenges in PPPs, together with a literature review, to provide some future perspectives on PPPs in South Africa.

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Working Together: Critical Perspectives on Six Cross-Sector Partnerships in Southern Africa

Abstract: cross-sector partnerships, critical perspectives, South Africa, Zambia,

Cited by 92 publications

References 4 publications

Enhancing the Impact of Cross-Sector Partnerships

Enhancing the Impact of Cross-Sector Partnerships

Determinants in Competition between Cross-Sector Alliances

Accountability challenges in public–private partnerships from a South African perspective

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