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1、TheAustralianJournalofPublicAdministration,vol.68,no.1,pp.112–116doi:10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00616.xCONTROVERSY/COMMENTARYTheCultofCollaborationinPublicPolicyJanineO’FlynnAustralianNationalUniversityA‘cultofcollaboration’isemerginginAustralianpublicpolicycircles.InthisarticleIargu
2、ethisreflectsamisunderstandingoftheconceptanditsdistinctivecharacteristics.HereIreintroducecollaborationvis-a-visotherformsof‘workingtogether’andquestionwhether`wehavetakenacollaborativeturninpublicpolicy.IndoingsoIhopetocontributetoadebateontherelevanceofcollaborationforpublicpoli
3、cy.Keywords:collaboration,publicpolicy,AustraliaCollaborationhasbecomedujourinAustralianorationarewideandvariedeg,issuesareseenpolicycircles.Collaborativegovernancerearedasincreasinglycomplexandcross-cuttingoritsheadatthe2020SummitandtheFuture‘wicked’(Huxham,VangenandEden2000;Summi
4、tin2008and,inotherpartsoftheworld,APSC2007);andPSOshaveaccesstoanthecultofcollaborationhastakenhold.Withallever-dwindlingpoolofresources(LowndesandthetalkaboutcollaborationitwouldbeeasytoSkelcher1998;EconomistIntelligenceUnitsaywehavemovedonfrombureaucraticfief-2007).Suchdriversmak
5、ecollaborationattrac-domsandcompetition;thatacollaborativeturntivebecauseitmay(i)encouragetrustandhastakenplace.Cautionis,however,neededreduceconflict;(ii)unlockdistinctivecompe-beforewedrawsuchconclusions.Partofthetenciesinothersectors;and(iii)deliveratrans-currentpopularityof‘col
6、laboration’hasbeenformationalapproachtoimprovementinpublictheloosewayinwhichithasbeenusedbybothservices(EntwistleandMartin2005);inturn,academicsandpractitioners:suddenlyevery-collaborationmayoffermuchinthewayofim-thingiscollaborative.Withthisweruntheriskprovingeffectiveness,efficie
7、ncy,andquality.ofcreatingyetanotherfadwordingovernmentInpolicyterms,theobsessionwithcollabo-circles:acultofcollaborationwhereeveryonerationhasresultedintworesponses(Bryson,believesbutfewpractice.InthemidstoftheCrosbyandMiddletonStone2006):collabora-growinginterestincollaborationiti
8、sappropri-tionbecomesthela
