Community–Academic Partnership Participation

Accountability through Participation: Developing Workable Partnership Models in the Health Sector

In recent years, and at least partly in response to an emerging crisis in health care provision in many countries, there has been a major shift in attitudes to community involvement. Approaches that saw communities primarily as passive recipients of health care have given way to those which seek to make more of the potential that more active community participation might offer for enhanced acco...

Participation of the Diaspora in the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership

Participation of the diaspora in the Partnership The Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership1 offers a window of opportunity for the African diaspora in Europe to enrich the ongoing Africa-EU political dialogue. In this regard, the diaspora’s proactive participation is indispensable. The partnership also provides feasible entry points for diaspora organisations to participate actively in the oper...

Promises & Partnership

We examine, experimentally and theoretically, how communication within a partnership may mitigate the problem (highlighted in contract theory) of hidden action. What is the form and content of the communication? Which model of decision-making can capture the impact of communication? We consider free-form communication, measure beliefs (about actions and beliefs), and examine which motivational ...

The partnership is dead! Long live the limited liability partnership!

Professional Development Participation and the Role of Administrator Involvement in the Math Science Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania

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