ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the nature and extent to which inter-organisational relationships took place through co-management and co-governance in the case of asylum seekers and social welfare services in Glasgow. It presents data to show that organisational forms of co-production are operating in practice, with organisations from across sectors collaborating together through individual partnerships and broader networks. Through relationships of co-management and co-governance, third sector organisations are understood as playing a leading role in the planning and delivery of public services. The discussion also points to the importance of personal relationships that existed between staff working across organisational boundaries and which facilitated both types of inter-organisational working. Although this is not to say that relationships of co-management and co-governance operated without friction; they were facilitated by the support of sufficiently trained and capable service staff, who had time to build relationships and had trust in one another.
