Outsourcing (In)Equity: Do Informal Government-Nonprofit Collaborations Lead to Inequitable Government Service?

dc.contributor.advisorGalvan, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorFiocco, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T21:47:43Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T21:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-06
dc.description.abstractLocal governments often rely on collaborations with nonprofit organizations to serve “underheard” communities. These collaborations are often resource-intensive, but not well-analyzed. I engage a case study of City of Eugene's efforts to create "Welcoming Parks" for its Latino community to analyze the effects of these collaborations on the equity of government services and policy outcomes. My analysis is based on qualitative analysis of interviews and observations conducted with government staff, nonprofit leaders, community advocates, and community members. It demonstrates that local governments' reliance on nonprofit collaborations to address the needs of their “underheard" communities can lead to inequitable service and policy outcomes. Rather, representation of “underheard” communities within government may be necessary to produce outcomes. This research paves the way for further empirical studies of informal government-nonprofit collaborations and provides suggestions regarding how local governments should work with their communities to achieve equitable service and policy outcomes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/22701
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectGovernment-nonprofit collaborationsen_US
dc.subjectImmigrant communitiesen_US
dc.subjectLocal governmenten_US
dc.subjectPerformance evaluationen_US
dc.subjectPublic administrationen_US
dc.subjectSocial equityen_US
dc.titleOutsourcing (In)Equity: Do Informal Government-Nonprofit Collaborations Lead to Inequitable Government Service?
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Planning, Public Policy and Management
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.P.A.

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