This chapter explores the basics of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The chapter begins by d... more This chapter explores the basics of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The chapter begins by defining ADR and examining its use in the public sector. It then discusses several processes within each of the three categories along the ADR continuum: unassisted ...
Abstract: This study explores the tactics and strategies of transformative mediators in practice.... more Abstract: This study explores the tactics and strategies of transformative mediators in practice. Specifically, the study examines the premises, principles, and behaviors of mediators in REDRESS, the United States Postal Service (USPS) employment mediation program. The study is also a process evaluation used to determine whether the REDRESS program is being implemented by mediators as designed by the USPS. Survey results indicate that REDRESS mediators understand and correctly use the transformative model. ...
The American Review of Public Administration, May 23, 2013
The study of public values (PVs) is generating growing interest in public administration and publ... more The study of public values (PVs) is generating growing interest in public administration and public management, yet many challenges and unanswered questions remain. For the study of PVs to progress, we need to go beyond the traditional boundaries of public administration and management, to explore how and why scholars in different disciplines use the concept, and how and where approaches to the concept differ and overlap. This article represents the first step in that effort. Specifically, the article uses a meta-analysis of 397 PVs publications from across 18 disciplines to generate a preliminary map of the PVs research terrain. Our findings show an increasing number of PVs publications over the decades, but with particular growth since 2000. Moreover, although PVs research is flourishing in public administration, it appears to be subsiding in other disciplines. Implications of these and other findings are discussed.
Abstract: This paper asserts that game theory can be a valuable tool in dispute system design eff... more Abstract: This paper asserts that game theory can be a valuable tool in dispute system design efforts. The premise is simple: If different dispute system designs have different impacts on the decisions and behaviors of participants, then game theory can be used to help logically think through the relationships among program design, participation, and outcomes. This paper retrospectively applies game theory to the United States Postal Service (USPS) employment mediation program REDRESS (R) to demonstrate how game ...
Public Performance & Management Review, Jun 1, 2009
This critique examines some of the negative impacts of economic liberalism on the field of public... more This critique examines some of the negative impacts of economic liberalism on the field of public administration. It suggests that public administration must rediscover democratic ethos and offers public deliberation and deliberative democracy as potential tools with which to do so.
The American Review of Public Administration, Jun 1, 2022
This article takes a first step toward analyzing the characteristics of a cross-policy, state-wid... more This article takes a first step toward analyzing the characteristics of a cross-policy, state-wide collaborative system. Specifically, using data from the Atlas of Collaboration project, we offer a big-picture analysis of how over 200 externally directed collaborative governance regimes (CGRs) are operationalized in a state-level collaborative system consisting of 13 collaborative platforms operating across five policy areas (economic development, education, health, natural resources, public safety) in Oregon. We focus on three attributes—geographic scope, collaborative size, and collaborative characteristics—aggregated at the system level across CGRs, as well as across collaborative platforms and policy areas. The descriptive findings reveal that collaborative efforts are geographically dispersed across the state, involve thousands of participants representing organizations from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and vary across multiple characteristics, such as organizational form, lead organization, funding model, structural roles, staffing, and extent of face-to-face dialogue. These findings lay the groundwork for future theoretical development and empirical research.
International Journal of Public Administration, Jun 7, 2016
ABSTRACT This article discusses three sets of insights generated in this special issue relating t... more ABSTRACT This article discusses three sets of insights generated in this special issue relating to the intended objectives and desired outcomes of coproduction, the inherent tensions in coproduction activities, and important factors for designing and implementing coproduction processes. It also identifies several problems with coproduction research, and asserts that scholars must get back to the basics and address the need for a clear and consistently applied definition, the need to develop and apply frameworks, typologies, and theories, and the need for more explanatory research. The article concludes with a set of research questions to advance the study and practice of coproduction.
Preface Part I: An Overview of Collaborative GovernanceIntroduction: Stepping In-The Context for ... more Preface Part I: An Overview of Collaborative GovernanceIntroduction: Stepping In-The Context for Collaborative Governance 1. Collaborative Governance and Collaborative Governance Regimes Part II: The Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance2. Initiating Collaborative Governance: The System Context,Drivers, and Regime Formation Case Illustration: National Collaborative for Higher Education3. Collaboration Dynamics: Principled Engagement, SharedMotivation, and the Capacity for Joint Action Case Illustration: The Everglades Restoration Task Force,by Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak 4. Generating Change: Collaborative Actions, Outcomes, andAdaptationCase Illustration: The Military Community CompatibilityCommittee Part III: Case Studies of Collaborative Governance Regimes5. Who Speaks for Toronto? Collaborative Governance in theCivic Action Alliance, by Alison Bramwell 6. Collaborative Governance in Alaska: Responding to ClimateChange Threats in Alaska Native Communities, by Robin Bronen7. Power and the Distribution of Knowledge in a LocalGroundwater Association in Guadalupe Valley, Mexicoby Chantelise Pells Part IV: Collaborative Governance Regimes8. Moving from Genus to Species: A Typology of CollaborativeGovernance Regimes 9. Assessing the Performance of Collaborative GovernanceRegimes Conclusion: Stepping Back, Stepping Up, and Stepping Forward-Summary Observations and Recommendations Glossary ReferencesAbout the Authors and ContributorsIndex
This chapter explores the basics of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The chapter begins by d... more This chapter explores the basics of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The chapter begins by defining ADR and examining its use in the public sector. It then discusses several processes within each of the three categories along the ADR continuum: unassisted ...
Abstract: This study explores the tactics and strategies of transformative mediators in practice.... more Abstract: This study explores the tactics and strategies of transformative mediators in practice. Specifically, the study examines the premises, principles, and behaviors of mediators in REDRESS, the United States Postal Service (USPS) employment mediation program. The study is also a process evaluation used to determine whether the REDRESS program is being implemented by mediators as designed by the USPS. Survey results indicate that REDRESS mediators understand and correctly use the transformative model. ...
The American Review of Public Administration, May 23, 2013
The study of public values (PVs) is generating growing interest in public administration and publ... more The study of public values (PVs) is generating growing interest in public administration and public management, yet many challenges and unanswered questions remain. For the study of PVs to progress, we need to go beyond the traditional boundaries of public administration and management, to explore how and why scholars in different disciplines use the concept, and how and where approaches to the concept differ and overlap. This article represents the first step in that effort. Specifically, the article uses a meta-analysis of 397 PVs publications from across 18 disciplines to generate a preliminary map of the PVs research terrain. Our findings show an increasing number of PVs publications over the decades, but with particular growth since 2000. Moreover, although PVs research is flourishing in public administration, it appears to be subsiding in other disciplines. Implications of these and other findings are discussed.
Abstract: This paper asserts that game theory can be a valuable tool in dispute system design eff... more Abstract: This paper asserts that game theory can be a valuable tool in dispute system design efforts. The premise is simple: If different dispute system designs have different impacts on the decisions and behaviors of participants, then game theory can be used to help logically think through the relationships among program design, participation, and outcomes. This paper retrospectively applies game theory to the United States Postal Service (USPS) employment mediation program REDRESS (R) to demonstrate how game ...
Public Performance & Management Review, Jun 1, 2009
This critique examines some of the negative impacts of economic liberalism on the field of public... more This critique examines some of the negative impacts of economic liberalism on the field of public administration. It suggests that public administration must rediscover democratic ethos and offers public deliberation and deliberative democracy as potential tools with which to do so.
The American Review of Public Administration, Jun 1, 2022
This article takes a first step toward analyzing the characteristics of a cross-policy, state-wid... more This article takes a first step toward analyzing the characteristics of a cross-policy, state-wide collaborative system. Specifically, using data from the Atlas of Collaboration project, we offer a big-picture analysis of how over 200 externally directed collaborative governance regimes (CGRs) are operationalized in a state-level collaborative system consisting of 13 collaborative platforms operating across five policy areas (economic development, education, health, natural resources, public safety) in Oregon. We focus on three attributes—geographic scope, collaborative size, and collaborative characteristics—aggregated at the system level across CGRs, as well as across collaborative platforms and policy areas. The descriptive findings reveal that collaborative efforts are geographically dispersed across the state, involve thousands of participants representing organizations from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and vary across multiple characteristics, such as organizational form, lead organization, funding model, structural roles, staffing, and extent of face-to-face dialogue. These findings lay the groundwork for future theoretical development and empirical research.
International Journal of Public Administration, Jun 7, 2016
ABSTRACT This article discusses three sets of insights generated in this special issue relating t... more ABSTRACT This article discusses three sets of insights generated in this special issue relating to the intended objectives and desired outcomes of coproduction, the inherent tensions in coproduction activities, and important factors for designing and implementing coproduction processes. It also identifies several problems with coproduction research, and asserts that scholars must get back to the basics and address the need for a clear and consistently applied definition, the need to develop and apply frameworks, typologies, and theories, and the need for more explanatory research. The article concludes with a set of research questions to advance the study and practice of coproduction.
Preface Part I: An Overview of Collaborative GovernanceIntroduction: Stepping In-The Context for ... more Preface Part I: An Overview of Collaborative GovernanceIntroduction: Stepping In-The Context for Collaborative Governance 1. Collaborative Governance and Collaborative Governance Regimes Part II: The Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance2. Initiating Collaborative Governance: The System Context,Drivers, and Regime Formation Case Illustration: National Collaborative for Higher Education3. Collaboration Dynamics: Principled Engagement, SharedMotivation, and the Capacity for Joint Action Case Illustration: The Everglades Restoration Task Force,by Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak 4. Generating Change: Collaborative Actions, Outcomes, andAdaptationCase Illustration: The Military Community CompatibilityCommittee Part III: Case Studies of Collaborative Governance Regimes5. Who Speaks for Toronto? Collaborative Governance in theCivic Action Alliance, by Alison Bramwell 6. Collaborative Governance in Alaska: Responding to ClimateChange Threats in Alaska Native Communities, by Robin Bronen7. Power and the Distribution of Knowledge in a LocalGroundwater Association in Guadalupe Valley, Mexicoby Chantelise Pells Part IV: Collaborative Governance Regimes8. Moving from Genus to Species: A Typology of CollaborativeGovernance Regimes 9. Assessing the Performance of Collaborative GovernanceRegimes Conclusion: Stepping Back, Stepping Up, and Stepping Forward-Summary Observations and Recommendations Glossary ReferencesAbout the Authors and ContributorsIndex
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