Is Co-production Just Really Good PPI? Making Sense of Patient and Public Involvement and Co-production Networks

Abstract

The recent special issue ‘Inside Co-production’ (edited by Bevir et al. in Social Policy & Administration, 2019) of the journal Social Policy and Administration called for a ‘decentring of co-production’ (p. 199) by focusing attention on elite narratives, local traditions and resistance, and meaningful practices. We continue the analysis of these themes in this chapter by highlighting what we view as important distinctions between co-production and Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in applied health research.