Deconstruction of Cooperation:Government-NPOs Relationship in the Implementation of Government Outsourced Service Projects
Government outsourcing services has created a scenario of"cooperation"between government and NPOs.However,why does the government-NPOs cooperation become multifaceted and complex after"de-construction"in the implementation of government outsourced service projects?Based on the micro-context of the project implementation,this paper proposes a"performance sharing-resource patronage"explanatory framework for government-NPOs relationship.A comparative analysis of the cases indicates that:(1)There is an"asymmetric dependency"in the cooperation between the government and NPOs,and the grass-roots gov-ernment dominates the evolution of government-NPOs cooperation because of its local resource mobilization advantage.(2)The rational grass-roots government weighs the benefits of performance sharing and the respon-sibility of resource patronage to determine the direction of"deconstruction"of government-NPOs cooperation,i.e.,various types of government-NPOs relations such as cooperation,capture,restriction,and substitution.Further analysis indicates that the resource mobilization capacity of the government and NPOs determines their interaction,and that the government-led"power network of resources"has led the government-NPOs relation-ship to"deconstruction of cooperation".The findings provide a new perspective for understanding the govern-ment-NPOs relationship,and have policy implications for the promotion of government-NPOs cooperation in the provision of public services.
Deconstruction of cooperationPerformance sharingResource patronageGovernment out-sourcing service
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