Description
Book SynopsisThis book shows what we might achieve from recasting the public sector as a platform and arena for co-creation. It provides a theoretical and practical account of what it takes for politicians, public managers and social entrepreneurs to use co-creation as a tool for producing innovative public value outcomes.
Table of Contents1. A New Public Governance based on Co-Creation; 2. The Concept of Co-Creation: A Genealogy; 3. Co-Creation is Everywhere and Nowhere; 4. Co-Creation as Generative Governance; 5. The Complex and Dynamic Process of Co-Creating Public Value; Pathways to Co-Created Public Value Outcomes; 7. Co-Creation as the Reinvention of Democracy; 8. Mainstreaming and Scaling Co-Creation; 9. Handling Dilemmas, Avoiding the Dark Side and Tackling Democratic Problems 10. Where are we Today, and Where to Go from Here?
