This book is the first to explore collaborative governance arrangements in Israel. It offers a new, modular definition of collaborative governance, focusing on its contributions toward public values and democracy. The book discusses different kinds of collaborations, their scope, implications and impact on governability in Israel, a country which provides an interesting setting for learning about collaborative governance, given its heterogenous population and the nature of the relationship between the state’s civil service, the business sector and the civil society. The book presents examples derived from local, and central government levels, and from policy areas such as education, regulation and local government.
Neta Sher-Hadar is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Mandel School for Educational Leadership and in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at Sapir Academic College, Israel
Lihi Lahat is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at Sapir Academic College, Israel, and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University, Canada
Itzhak Galnoor is a Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Senior Fellow at The Vanleer Institute, Israel
This book is the first to explore collaborative governance arrangements in Israel. It offers a new, modular definition of collaborative governance, focusing on its contributions toward public values and democracy. The book discusses different kinds of collaborations, their scope, implications and impact on governability in Israel, a country which provides an interesting setting for learning about collaborative governance, given its heterogenous population and the nature of the relationship between the state’s civil service, the business sector and the civil society. The book presents examples derived from local, and central government levels, and from policy areas such as education, regulation and local government.
Neta Sher-Hadar
Collaborative Governance Corporate Governance Local Government Israel governability in Israel minority groups civil society civil society organizations education environment regulation democracy public administration participatory democracy deliberative democracy
“This edited volume brings a fresh set of eyes to the question of whether collaborative governance is a useful policy tool. Investigating a rich set of Israeli examples, the authors critically probe both the potential and the limits of collaborative governance as a strategy for creating public value and enhancing democracy. The findings are edifying.”
—Christopher Ansell, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
“Collaborative Governance: Theory and Lessons from Israel makes valuable contributions, both conceptually and empirically, to investigating the conditions under which collaborative governance is more or less effective. It insightfully uses an in-depth examination of Israeli cases to explore collaborative governance arrangements.”
—Yael Aronoff, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, USA