Multiorganizational Arrangements for Watershed Protection
With cross-pollination of the public administration and policy implementation literatures, Madeleine Wright McNamara and John Charles Morris present the Multiorganizational Interaction Model as a framework to explore the use of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration between 15 federal/state agencies, local governments, and nongovernmental organizations working together to restore coastal habitats and replenish aquatic resources on Virginias Eastern Shore.
Content analysis of data collected through interviews and organizational documents allows comparisons to be made regarding the distribution of data across the continuum of interaction. The presence of policy mandates intending to prescribe relationships, coupled with strong perceptions of collaboration, create opportunity to explore mandated and voluntary collaboration. Themes regarding mapping relationships within the multiorganizational arrangement, movement on the continuum, and implementation through mid-level personnel are discussed. The combination of theory development and testing provides readers with a theoretical framework through which to think about interorganizational interactions, and a case study to illustrate the ways in which these complex relationships manifest themselves in practice.
Multiorganizational Arrangements for Watershed Protection will be essential for scholars, students, and policy makers.
Madeleine Wright McNamara is an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Public Service at Old Dominion University. She served previously as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Orleans and as the Waterways Management Coordinator for the U.S. Coast Guards Eighth District in New Orleans. Her research interests include collaboration, public policy, and interorganizational theory. Her work appears in journals such as Public Works Management &Policy, the International Journal of Public Administration, Policy & Politics, and the Journal for Nonprofit Management, among others. In addition, she authored chapters in Speaking Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South (2010) and Advancing Collaboration Theory: Models, Typologies, and Evidence (2016; Routledge).
John Charles Morris is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University. He has studied collaboration, public-private partnerships, and state comparative policy for more than twenty-five years, and has published widely in public administration and public policy. Dr. Morris has a significant number of publications. He is the co-editor of Speaking Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South (2010), and True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the US Environmental Protection Agency (2012). Dr. Morris is also the co-editor of Building the Local Economy: Cases in Economic Development, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, in 2008, and is the co-editor of a three-volume series (2012) on prison privatization, titled Prison Privatization: The Many Facets of a Controversial Industry. His most recent co-authored books include The Case for Grassroots Collaboration: Social Capital and Ecosystem Restoration at the Local Level (2013); Advancing Collaboration Theory: Models, Typologies, and Evidence (2016; Routledge, co-edited with Katrina Miller-Stevens); State Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: Choices and Decisions (2019, Routledge); and Organizational Motivation for Collaboration: Theory and Evidence (2019, with Luisa Diaz-Kope). In addition, he has published more than sixty-five articles in refereed journals, and nearly forty book chapters, reports, and other publications.
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Multiorganizational Arrangements for Watershed Protection
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Madeleine Wright McNamara and John Charles Morris
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CPTCoastal Policy TeamDEQVirginia Department of Environmental QualityGEMSGeospatial and Educational Mapping SystemIAMInterorganizational Arrangement ModelMIMMultiorganizational Interaction ModelNOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPDCPlanning District CommissionVCZMVirginia Coastal Zone Management
As with any large research project, this book is only possible thanks to the kindness, openness, and contributions of many people. To begin with, we wish to extend sincere thanks to the members of Virginias Coastal Zone Management Program, and their government and nongovernmental partners, who gave so generously of their time to help us understand the importance and complexity of natural resource preservation. Their stories and experiences contributed greatly to this work and enhanced significantly our understanding of the interactions that sustain the ecosystem on Virginias Eastern Shore. We are also grateful for the generosity and enthusiasm of Natalja Mortensen and Charlie Baker for their insightful direction and support throughout this process. Finally, we thank our families for their love and support.
