Date of Award
12-2004
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.P.A.
Degree Program
Public Administration
Department
College of Urban and Public Affairs
Major Professor
Strong, Denise
Second Advisor
Alcazar, Alvaro
Third Advisor
Gladstone, David
Abstract
This thesis examines the use of mediating entities in overcoming barriers found in many university-community partnerships, which arise out of unequal power, a lack of mutual understanding, and divergent agendas of the partners. In order to develop a theory or model of the functions and structure of these mediating entities, this thesis analyzes the Urban Routes program of International Project for Nonprofit Leadership. This study identifies four main functions of mediating entities: integration, interpretation, equalization, and sustaining. This case study reveals the importance of structuring these mediating entities in a way that allows for the most effective utilization of the personal relationships these structures rely upon.
Recommended Citation
Spaan, Mathew, "The Role and Structure of Mediating Entities in University-Community Partnerships: An Examination of Urban Routes" (2004). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 185.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/185
Rights
The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this dissertation or thesis in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis or dissertation.