Defining and Measuring Coproduction: Deriving Lessons from Practicing Local Government Managers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brudney, Jeffrey (Jeff) L.; Cheng, Yuan (Daniel); Meijs, Lucas
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Wilmington; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13476
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 795-805
• 关键词: public-services; community coproduction; 3rd sector; CITIZEN; PARTICIPATION; delivery; user

摘要

Following a lapse in scholarly attention, coproduction, the joint production of services by government officials and citizens, has re-emerged as an important topic. However, the field lacks information on broad parameters of coproduction implementation and how public managers view coproduction. To address the lacuna, this study examines patterns of implementation of coproduction in a national sample of municipalities and counties in the U.S. According to their chief administrators, nearly half these governments have implemented one or more stages of coproduction, although co-delivery of services occurs least often. Empirical analysis suggests that the implementation of coproduction, as perceived by local government managers, can be measured along a unidimensional scale and that this measurement scale is robust across different subgroups. We also find that local governments that have a larger population, provide more services, have more professional forms of administration, and are located in the western U.S. more often implement elements of coproduction.