Outputs (7)

A Decentered Analysis of (Un)Collaborative Governance (2025)
Journal Article
Crompton, A., & Waring, J. (in press). A Decentered Analysis of (Un)Collaborative Governance. International Journal of Public Sector Management,

Purpose
This paper examines the challenges of achieving collaborative governance in public decision-making, particularly in contexts where multiple, conflicting interests are present. It explores the governance dilemmas faced by public leaders who m... Read More about A Decentered Analysis of (Un)Collaborative Governance.

How can specialist investigation agencies inform system-wide learning for patient safety? A qualitative study of perspectives on the early years of the English healthcare safety investigation branch (2024)
Journal Article
Crompton, A., Waring, J., Macrae, C., Overton, C., & Benneyworth, R. (2025). How can specialist investigation agencies inform system-wide learning for patient safety? A qualitative study of perspectives on the early years of the English healthcare safety investigation branch. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 30(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/13558196241291816

Objectives
System-wide learning for patient safety is a core challenge for the health care sector, despite the prevalence of localised reporting and learning approaches. There is growing interest in how health care services could emulate other safet... Read More about How can specialist investigation agencies inform system-wide learning for patient safety? A qualitative study of perspectives on the early years of the English healthcare safety investigation branch.

The contingencies of medical restratification across inter-organisational care networks (2020)
Journal Article
Waring, J., Roe, B., Crompton, A., & Bishop, S. (2020). The contingencies of medical restratification across inter-organisational care networks. Social Science and Medicine, 263, Article 113277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113277

Sociologists have long-debated how health and care reforms have transformed the social organisation of medical work, especially where managerial and market interventions appear to challenge the autonomy and power of doctors (Alford 1975; Harrison and... Read More about The contingencies of medical restratification across inter-organisational care networks.

Decentering health research networks: Framing collaboration in the context of narrative incompatibility and regional geo-politics (2020)
Journal Article
Waring, J., Crompton, A., Overton, C., & Roe, B. (2022). Decentering health research networks: Framing collaboration in the context of narrative incompatibility and regional geo-politics. Public Policy and Administration, 37(1), 105-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720911686

Research innovations and breakthroughs are increasingly realised through collaborative networks amongst state and non-state actors. This article investigates the utilisation of such networks in the field of applied health services research, where pol... Read More about Decentering health research networks: Framing collaboration in the context of narrative incompatibility and regional geo-politics.

The struggles for (and of) network management: an ethnographic study of non-dominant policy actors in the English healthcare system (2019)
Journal Article
Waring, J., & Crompton, A. (2020). The struggles for (and of) network management: an ethnographic study of non-dominant policy actors in the English healthcare system. Public Management Review, 22(2), 297-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1588360

The coordinating skills of network management are well-documented, but there is little understanding of how network management roles are acquired and sustained. This article reports on a two-year ethnographic study that investigated the introduction... Read More about The struggles for (and of) network management: an ethnographic study of non-dominant policy actors in the English healthcare system.

Inside co-production: stakeholder meaning and situated practice (2018)
Journal Article
Crompton, A. (2019). Inside co-production: stakeholder meaning and situated practice. Social Policy and Administration, 53(2), 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12466

Co-production has risen to the fore of contemporary policymaking, with the intention of placing citizens at the heart of public service design and production. While this may lead to more democratic and legitimate decision making, achieving ‘meaningfu... Read More about Inside co-production: stakeholder meaning and situated practice.

Are we all on the same page? A qualitative study of the facilitation challenges associated with the implementation of deliberative priority-setting (2017)
Journal Article
Crompton, A., Waring, J., Roe, B., & O’Connor, R. (2018). Are we all on the same page? A qualitative study of the facilitation challenges associated with the implementation of deliberative priority-setting. Public Management Review, 20(11), 1623-1642. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2017.1417463

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Collaborative governance has given rise to decision-making methodologies promoting democracy, inclusivity and transparency. This is exemplified by deliberative priority-setting (DPS) tha... Read More about Are we all on the same page? A qualitative study of the facilitation challenges associated with the implementation of deliberative priority-setting.