Co-production: The State of the Art in Research and the Future Agenda

• Published in: Voluntas (Manchester, England) Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 1083 - 1101
• Main Authors: Verschuere, Bram, Brandsen, Taco, Pestoff, Victor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer 01.12.2012; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Child care; Citizen Participation; Citizens; Communities; Comparative Analysis; Cultural Pluralism; Effects; Governance; Government relations; Government services; Methodological Problems; Motivation; Nonprofit organizations; Original Paper; Political Science; Public administration; Public Services; R&D; Research & development; Research methods; Social Policy; Social Sciences; Social services; SPECIAL SECTION: CO-PRODUCTION-THE STATE OF THE ART; Studies; Voluntary work; Volunteerism; United States > US; Motives; State of the art; Co-production; Research; Effects; Theory

In this introductory article to the thematic issue, our aim is to discuss the state of the art in research on co-production of public services. We define co-production, for the purpose of this article rather narrowly, as the involvement of individual citizens and groups in public service delivery. W...