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Publications

The Center has an active research program to contribute to the theory and practice of collaborative policy-making. For more information, please contact Dr. William Leach, Research Director.

Publications:

[Report and Appendices ]


Shared Governance in Higher Education: Structural and Cultural Responses to a Changing National Climate

(April 2008)

William D. Leach

[Full text article]


Collaborative Versus Technocratic Policymaking: California's Statewide Water Plan

(January 2008)

Ariel Ambruster

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


North Bay Selenium Total Maximum Daily Load Stakeholder Process Assessment

Prepared for the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board and TetraTech, Inc.

(December 2007)

Center for Collaborative Policy,
California State University, Sacramento

[Full text report]


Lower Truckee River Total Daily Maximum Daily Load Stakeholder Process Feasibility Assessment

Prepared for the City of Reno, Nevada and the City of Sparks, Nevada

(October 2007)

Center for Collaborative Policy,
California State University, Sacramento

[Full text report]


An Assessment of Collaborative Challenges and Possibilities for Emergency Services and Homeland Security at the Local Level

(May 2007)

Center for Collaborative Policy,
California State University, Sacramento
     in collaboration with
Institute for Local Government,
Collaborative Governance Initiative

[Full text report]


Collaborative Public Management and Democracy: Evidence from Western Watershed Partnerships

Public Administration Review, Volume 66, No. s1, 100-110, December 2006

William D. Leach

[Abstract] | [Request Reprint]


Complexity and Adaptive Policy Systems: CALFED as an Emergent Form of Governance for Sustainable Management of Contested Resources

Proceedings from the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
(July 2006)

David Booher and Judith Innes

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


Assessment Report: Reforming the Mandate Reimbursement Process

Prepared for the Commission on State Mandates

(April 2006)

David E. Booher and John Folk-Williams

[Full text report]


Theories about Consensus-Based Conservation (A reply to Peterson, et al. Vol. 19, No. 3)

Conservation Biology, Vol. 20, No. 2, 573–575, April 2006

William D. Leach

[Abstract] | [Full text article]

Notice

This is an electronic version of an article published in Conservation Biology.  Complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of Conservation Biology, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/cbi/ or www.blackwell-synergy.com


Public Involvement in USDA Forest Service Policymaking: A Literature Review

Journal of Forestry, Volume 104, No. 1, 43-49, January/February 2006

William D. Leach

[Abstract] | [Request reprint]


Collaborative Governance in the CALFED Program: Adaptive Policy Making for California Water

A joint publication of the Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley, and the Center for Collaborative Policy, California State University, Sacramento
(January 2006)

Judith E. Innes, Sarah Connick, Laura Kaplan, and David E. Booher

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


To Trust an Adversary: Integrating Rational and Psychological Models of Collaborative Policymaking

American Political Science Review, Vol. 99, No. 4, 491-503, November 2005

William D. Leach and Paul A. Sabatier

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


Public Involvement Needs Assessment

Prepared for the State Water Resources Control Board
(April 2005)

Center for Collaborative Policy,
California State University, Sacramento

[Abstract] | [Full text report]


Involving Stakeholders In Irrigation And Drainage District Decisions: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, proceedings of the Third International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, March 2005

Lisa Beutler

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


Reframing Public Participation: Strategies for the 21st Century

Planning Theory & Practice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 419–436, December 2004

Judith Innes and David Booher

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


Is Devolution Democratic? 
Assessing Collaborative Environmental Management

(August 2004)
William D. Leach

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Stakeholder and Organizational Assessment Findings and Recommendations

Prepared for the California Coastal Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Game
(October 2003)

Center for Collaborative Policy,
California State University, Sacramento

[Full text report]


Too Much Sun?
Emerging Challenges Presented by California & Federal Open Meeting Legislation to Public Policy Consensus-Building Processes

(September 2003)

Lauri Boxer-Macomber

[Abstract] | [Full text article]


Evaluation Report: California Mediated Public Policy on Physician-Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life Issues

(October 2002)

Center for Collaborative Policy,
California State University, Sacramento
(formerly California Center for Public Dispute Resolution)

[Abstract] | [Full text report]



Collaborative Edge Newsletter:

Summer 2007


Winter 2005


Fall 2005


Summer 2005


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