Public Collaboration in Maine: When and Why It Works

Authors

Diane Kenty, Office of Court Alternative Dispute Resolution, State of MaineFollow
Ann R. Gosline, Gosline and Reitman
Jonathan W. Reitman, Gosline and Reitman

Abstract

Government by itself cannot address all complex public policy issues. The authors write that “public collabo­ration” can alter the discourse on divisive local, regional, and state issues. Public collaboration is a process in which people from multiple sectors (government, business, nonprofit, civic, and tribal) work together to find solutions to problems that no single sector is able to resolve on its own. The authors describe the common features of effective public collaboration and provide detailed case studies and analysis of five recent examples of public collaboration in Maine.

First page

14

Last page

30

Recommended Citation

Kenty, Diane, Ann R. Gosline, and Jonathan W. Reitman. "Public Collaboration in Maine: When and Why It Works." Maine Policy Review 19.2 (2010) : 14 -30, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol19/iss2/5.