COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES
Duration: 14 months
Activity Type: Field Research (guided interviews, observation, analysis of
written material)
Objectives
This work package is the core of the comparative research project. Its objective is to collect and analyse data on the selected 5 cases in each city of state-SO co-operation and to develop models out or these data. The work package encompasses:
- In-depth description of the SOs, the services they deliver, the way the local government purchases the services in China and Germany
- In-depth investigation of the legal and political framework of the particular cases (national and local laws and regulations, by-laws that regulate the cases; local customs and traditions that have an impact on the state-SO co-operation-relation) in China and Germany
- In-depth investigation of assessment of the co-operation in each case by the individual SO’s staff, members, and volunteers in China and Germany
- In-depth investigation of the assessment of the co-operation in each case by the local state’s representatives and personnel involved in each case in China and Germany
- In-depth investigation of the stake-holders of the co-operation (beneficiaries of the services, other co-operation partners of the SO, sub-contractors, local community) in China and Germany
- An overview of problems of co-operation in China and Germany
- An overview of successful modes of co-operation and failures in co-operation in China and Germany
Aims
To conduct in-depth case studies in order to form the basis for the comparative study. Then, on the basis of these case studies to write up a comparative study developing models of state-SO co-operation in China and Germany.
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