ABSTRACT
The previous chapter established that in organisational terms the participating agencies of Greentown ACPC had a number of problems in ‘working together’, many of which stemmed from changes in the environment and context. This chapter takes as its focus the area Hudson (1987: 179) identifies as the collaborative linkage lens, which examines the dimensions of interaction and exchange. This is taken to mean the practicalities and frameworks for partnership working. Specifically, this concentrates on the area where the diffuse organisations that participate in partnership forums ‘touch’ and the mechanisms through which they (attempt to) work together. In this respect, this final analytical lens provides scope for a micro level analysis of Greentown’s ACPC. Again, as in the previous two chapters the data is drawn from a variety of sources including minutes, observations and interview data.
