Working Across Boundaries: Making Collaboration Work in Government and Nonprofit Organizations

Partnerships between government and nonprofits are an often-untapped source of strength and efficacy, says author Russell Linden in this new book from the Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series. If today's social, national, and international problems are thornier than ever, it will take the combined forces of nonprofits and government agencies to solve them, argues Linden. He shows ways to break down the barriers that sometimes keep these groups apart. By highlighting situations where such collaboration works—for instance in Baltimore's push to combat child sexual abuse via combined efforts of local police agencies and social workers—Russell makes the case for working hard to make collaboration a part of problem solving.