 Can co-production that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic be sustained?Trui Steen, Taco Brandsen and Menno Hoppen Chapter 10 in Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19, 2024, pp 126-136 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were many instances of co-production where citizens and professionals joined forces to deal with the emergency. In this chapter, we explore the importance of co-production during the pandemic, why co-production emerged so widely, and how these experiences have influenced our understanding of co-production. We focus especially on the sustainability of co-production initiatives that emerged during the pandemic. We argue that three conditions are essential for co-production to be sustained over time: (1) the provision of a supportive regulatory framework and the structural allocation of funds, (2) complementarity and (3) a sense of urgency among all those concerned. Areas of public life where there could be a more lasting effect are those where the basic conditions for successful co-production are already in place and where one powerful push is enough for co-production to take off. Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:21210_10 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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