Unleashing Public Private Partnership Understanding and the Ideal Underpinning Theories: A Public Sector View
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2020
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Public Administration Research
Abstract
Researchers ceaselessly theorize public private partnerships (PPP) as a major innovative means to unlock public
sector investment gaps, yet their contribution towards improved public service delivery has sustainably remained
low mainly due to poor PPP understanding and application. This study utilises extant conceptual and theoretical
studies through content analysis to provide a more concrete understanding of the PPP concept and philosophy for
their effective application. The study developed a list of common PPP defining features (e.g. partnership,
long-term projects and contracts, incomplete contracts, function specific tasks) and eight PPP perspectives (i.e.
procurement management, urban regeneration, infrastructure, policy, moral regeneration, financing arrangements,
language game, development) for better understanding of the PPP concept. Importantly, the study introduces a
new and overarching PPP perspective of procurement management. Additionally, it was established that
Traditional Public Management theory is not compatible with PPP practices, and the study recommends new
public governance, public value, new public service, and remotely, the new public management as the most
appropriate theories underpinning PPPs with in a public sector setting. This research contributes towards
improved understandability of the PPP phenomenon and its practical applicability for greater impact towards
sustainable public service delivery.
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Public private partnership, Theories, Definitions, Perspectives, Understanding
Citation
Mugarura, J. T., Ndevu, Z., & Turyakira, P. (2020). Unleashing Public Private Partnership Understanding and the Ideal Underpinning Theories-A Public Sector View. Public Administration Research, 9(1), 14-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/par.v9n1p14