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Book SynopsisMany societal challenges defy simple solutions within the grasp of one academic discipline, a single type of organization, or a country acting alone. Such wicked problems require collaboration that crosses social, political, or geographic boundaries. Collaboration across boundaries is increasingly seen as a necessary way forward, whether for the cases of education, health care, community policing, or international trade. At the same time, collaboration poses its own challenges, and what is more, so too does crossing boundaries. Regardless of the skill set required to achieve a particular goal, collaboration and crossing boundaries make their own demands. Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration brings together multiple bodies of work on collaboration across different kinds of boundaries. It highlights the promise of collaborative advantage, while featuring detailed discussions of the challenges involved. It provides a framework for thinking about collaboration in terms of a suite of iss
Trade ReviewPerz’s colorful lived examples detail the challenges and advantages of collaboration across international and disciplinary borders. In his quest for meaningful collaboration Perz introduces the reader to an astonishing array of useful literatures. A must read for those interested in overcoming the complex environmental challenges of today! -- David Salisbury, University of Richmond
Writing with uncommon honesty and humor, Perz unveils the many devils in the details of cross-boundary collaboration, while convincingly arguing that the accelerated learning it provides builds valuable capacity to address the complex global challenges of today and tomorrow. He draws on diverse academic and policy literatures, as well as dozens of practical vignettes, to illustrate the strategic practices necessary to manage key issues in collaboration—inequality and politics; uncertainty and surprise; personality and leadership—in order to achieve the considerable benefits of crossing disciplinary, organizational, and national borders. -- Marianne Schmink, University of Florida
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Official Story: Examples from the Amazon Chapter 3: The Challenges of Collaboration Chapter 4: Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration Chapter 5: The Analytics of Crossing Boundaries Chapter 6: Inequalities and Politics in Collaboration across Boundaries Chapter 7: Uncertainty and Surprises when Crossing Boundaries Chapter 8: Crossing Boundaries and the Self Chapter 9: Conclusion: Seasons of Collaboration
