Cover -- Table of Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 - Collaboration and Collaborative Advantage -- Part II: Rationales and Contexts for Collaboration -- 2 - On the Theory and Practice of Transformational Collaboration: From Social Service to Social Justice -- 3 - The Stakeholder/Collaborator Strategy Workshop -- 4 - Corss-Sectoral Partners: Collaborative Alliances among Business, Governement and Communities -- Part III: Collaboration in Practice: Key Issues -- 5 - Collaborative Working and the Issue of Sustainability -- 6 - Five Obstacles to Community-Based Collaboration and Some Thoughts on Overcoming Them -- 7 - Involving the Community: Collaboration for Community Development -- Part IV: Intervention Processes for Collaboration -- 8 - The Role of Facilitation in Collaborative Groups -- 9 - Group Decision Support for Collaboration -- 10 - Utilizing Stakeholder Strategies for Positive Collaborative Outcomes -- 11 - Inter-Organizational Collaboration in the Policy Preparation Process -- Part V: Closure -- 12 - The Search for Collaborative Advantage -- Index.