After reviewing the logic and basics of Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR), this article analyzes the praise for and criticisms of ECR. This article acknowledges the initial successes in the 1970s and 1980s that led to a major period of expansion for ECR, and continues today, but argues...

Purpose: Public management researchers have successfully leveraged theory to advance the understanding of contracts and the different governance structures that underpin contract relationships. Yet there is still much to learn about the implications for different governance structures. Applying...

Purpose: This article provides a snapshot of several innovative and underused methodological approaches employed by scholars from across public management. Design/methodology/approach: A comparative review of methodological approaches to public management research is used. Findings: The authors...