To synthesize and examine the growing literature on mandated collaboration, we conducted a critical literature review of the growing literature on mandated collaboration, asking what the field of public administration knows about its purposes, mechanisms, contexts, and performances. Mandated collaboration occurs when a third party requires and enforces collaboration among other potential collaborators. We find four takeaways: (a) mandators require collaboration to address complex problems; (b) mandators enforce collaboration through hierarchical authority and market-based incentives; (c) mandated collaboration occurs across several policy contexts; and (d) the context surrounding the collaboration affects its success. We conclude with three unknowns, regarding how mandated collaboration achieves policy goals, if mandators are collaborators, and the willingness of participants required to collaborate. Our review enhances public administration's understanding of collaborative governance by offering insight into the governance tool of mandating collaboration, contexts under which it succeeds, and steps for future research.

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我是我兄弟的守护者吗？对授权合作研究的批判性回顾

为了综合和审查越来越多的关于强制合作的文献，我们对越来越多的关于强制合作的文献进行了批判性文献综述，询问公共行政领域对其目的、机制、背景和绩效的了解。当第三方要求并强制其他潜在合作者之间进行合作时，就会发生强制合作。我们发现四个要点：(a) 强制执行者需要合作来解决复杂的问题；(b) 授权者通过等级权力和基于市场的激励措施加强合作；(c) 跨多个政策背景进行授权合作；(d) 合作的背景影响其成功。我们得出三个未知数，即强制合作如何实现政策目标、强制者是否是合作者以及参与者需要合作的意愿。我们的审查通过提供对强制协作的治理工具、其成功的背景以及未来研究步骤的深入了解，增强了公共行政部门对协作治理的理解。