Co-Production and the Co-Creation of Value in Public Services: A suitable case for treatment?

Stephen P Osborne, Zoe Radnor and Kirsty Strokosch

Public Management Review, 2016, vol. 18, issue 5, 639-653

Abstract: Co-production is currently one of cornerstones of public policy reform across the globe. Inter alia , it is articulated as a valuable route to public service reform and to the planning and delivery of effective public services, a response to the democratic deficit and a route to active citizenship and active communities, and as a means by which to lever in additional resources to public service delivery. Despite these varied roles, co-production is actually poorly formulated and has become one of a series of ‘woolly-words’ in public policy. This paper presents a conceptualization of co-production that is theoretically rooted in both public management and service management theory. It argues that this is a robust starting point for the evolution of new research and knowledge about co-production and for the development of evidence-based public policymaking and implementation.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2015.1111927

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