Many societal challenges defy simple solutions within the grasp of
one academic discipline, a single type of organization, or a
country acting alone. Such "wicked problems" require collaboration
that crosses social, political, or geographic boundaries.
Collaboration across boundaries is increasingly seen as a necessary
way forward, whether for the cases of education, health care,
community policing, or international trade. At the same time,
collaboration poses its own challenges, and what is more, so too
does crossing boundaries. Regardless of the skill set required to
achieve a particular goal, collaboration and crossing boundaries
make their own demands. Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration
brings together multiple bodies of work on collaboration across
different kinds of boundaries. It highlights the promise of
"collaborative advantage," while featuring detailed discussions of
the challenges involved. It provides a framework for thinking about
collaboration in terms of a suite of issues, each with particular
tasks and challenges that can be addressed via strategic practices.
This book also features an extensive discussion of the importance
of boundaries for collaboration, which recognizes that while
crossing boundaries complicates collaboration, spanning divides can
also magnify collaborative advantage. To illustrate the joys and
travails of collaboration across boundaries, this book takes up the
case of conservation and development in the Amazon. Well-known for
its biological resources, the basin is changing rapidly, and
Amazonian societies increasingly demand inclusive approaches to
conservation and development. This book draws on firsthand
experiences from direct participation in several complicated
conservation and development projects that spanned disciplinary,
organizational, and national boundaries. While the projects
permitted achievement of goals beyond the reach of individual
partners, the challenges along the way were daunting. This book
focuses on issues of particular salience when collaborating across
boundaries: politics and inequality, uncertainty and surprise, and
collaboration and the self. It also underscores the strategic
importance of investing in collaborative practice and the
experience of crossing boundaries, even if an initial effort fails.
In light of growing need to address complex problems, this book
provides a clarion call to collaborate across boundaries,
recognizing the difficulties in order to achieve the advantages.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
