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Public, private, and nonprofit institutions and organizations often work together in a coalition (an organization of organizations working together for a common purpose) with communities, neighborhoods, and constituencies. In this paper, coalition is the term used for a multiorganizational process that is also called a partnership or a collaborative (state-of-the-art resources on coalition building are available at www.ahecpartners.org).  Usually, coalition strategies for working together are described as networking, coordinating, cooperating, or collaborating, although the use of these terms is often confusing.  This paper suggests definitions of these four strategies used by coalitions to help clarify the most appropriate use of each in particular settings.  Although the examples that follow the definitions are based in health care, the four strategies are utilized in addressing a wide variety of issues.

Another recommendation from David Watkins re the Parable of the Tribes.  He says: Gene Sharp founded the Albert Einstein Institute. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has been used as a field manual in numerous liberation movements in Eastern Europe, in the Arab Spring and elsewhere. In his three volume The Politics of Nonviolent Action he examines the nature and control of political power and the methods and dynamics of nonviolent action. He identifies and document 198 specific methods of nonviolent action. Over half of these methods come under one or another heading of noncooperation. In this NewStatesman article Sharp is described as the Machiavelli of non-violence.