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Co-production is an umbrella term whose meaning has been widely debated on and whose practical consequences for public service delivery are an open research issue. This introductory chapter attempts to define what co-production is and what it is not, by an overview of the up-to-date literature. The chapter concludes by presenting the aims of the book and the main contents, and its relevance and contributions.
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Bracci, E., Fugini, M., Sicilia, M. (2016). Co-production of Public Services: Meaning and Motivations. In: Fugini, M., Bracci, E., Sicilia, M. (eds) Co-production in the Public Sector. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30558-5_1
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