01540pab a2200193 454500 180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Jing, Yijia From service contracting to collaborative governance: evolution of government-nonprofit relations 2017 p.191-202. Aug Social service contracting between governments and nonprofit organizations has received increasing popularity in China and has aroused enthusiasm in engaging nonprofit organizations in governance issues. This study argues that service contracting, driven by New Public Management tenets, may unexpectedly evolve toward collaborative governance (CG) by creating and consolidating necessary conditions of CG. Practices in Shanghai present evidence that governments and contracting nonprofits jointly make decisions, enforce regulatory functions, set rules, and improve community governance. The analysis shows that over time contracting may lead to generation of mutual trust, acquisition of governing resources, and consolidation of collaborative accountability. The evolutionary perspective provides not only a contingent way to develop CG in a context of heavy social control but also a theoretical link between New Public Management and New Public Governance. - Reproduced. Nonprofit organizations - China Service industries - China Service industries Hu, Yefei Public Administration and Development 115748 115742 115742 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 37, Issue no: 3 AR116208 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR