John C. Morris is Professor of Public Administration and Ph.D. Graduate Program Director in the School of Public Service at Old Dominion University. He has studied collaboration and public-private partnerships for more than twenty years, and has published widely in public administration and public policy.

Katrina Miller-Stevens is Assistant Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Service at Old Dominion University. Her research interests include exploring methods of collaboration between the nonprofit and public sectors, advancing policy theory, and examining influence mechanisms of the nonprofit sector on public policy.

Part 1: Framing and Definition

1. The State of Knowledge in Collaboration

[John C. Morris and Katrina Miller-Stevens]

2.The Development of Collaboration Theory: Typologies and Systems Approaches

[Andrew P. Williams]

3. The Prevailing Elements of Public-Sector Collaboration

[Martin Mayer and Robert Kenter]

4.Unraveling the Characteristics of Mandated Collaboration

[Madeleine W. McNamara]

Part 2: Advancing Theory

5. Applying Cooperative Biological Theory to Nonprofit Collaboration

[Nathan J. Grasse and Kevin D. Ward]

6. Collaborative Management and Leadership: A Skill Set for the Entrepreneur

[Madeleine W. McNamara]

7. Conflict in Collaborations: To Resolve or Transform?

[Stephanie Joannou Menefee]

8. A New Model of Collaborative Federalism From a Governance Perspective

[Katrina Miller-Stevens, Tiffany Henley, and Luisa Diaz-Kope]

9. A Life-Cycle Model of Collaboration

[Christopher Williams, Connie Merriman, and John C. Morris]

Part 3: Collaboration in Action

10. Nonprofit Collaborative Advocacy: An Exploratory Study of State Nonprofit Associations

[Jason S. Machado, Katrina Miller-Stevens, and Stephanie Joannou Menefee]

11. Collaborating for Accountability: Implications for the Judiciary

[Amy M. McDowell]

12. Collective Action, Social Capital, and Collaboration

[Christine Reed and Deniz Leuenberger]

13. Exploring Interagency Collaboration in the National Security Domain: A Distinct Form of Collaboration?

[Brian Martinez]

14. Conclusion: Future Trends in Collaboration Research

[Katrina Miller-Stevens and John C. Morris]