ABOUT BOOK

Co-production and co-creation occur when citizens participate actively in ~delivering and designing the services they receive. It has come increasingly ~onto the agenda of policymakers, as interest in citizen participation has ~more generally soared. Expectations are high and it is regarded as a possible ~solution to the public sector’s decreased legitimacy and dwindling resources, ~by accessing more of society’s capacities. In addition, it is seen as part of a ~more general drive to reinvigorate voluntary participation and strengthen ~social cohesion in an increasingly fragmented and individualized society. ~Co-Production and Co-Creation: Engaging Citizens in Public Services ~offers a systematic and comprehensive theoretical and empirical examination ~of the concepts of co-production and co-creation and their application ~in practice. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will ~be of interest to students at an advanced level, academics and reflective ~practitioners. It addresses the topics with regard to co-production and ~co-creation and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, ~and students in the fields of public administration, business administration, ~economics, political science, public management, political science, service ~management, sociology and voluntary sector studies.