| Policy in action: The challenge of service delivery J Wanna, J Butcher, B Freyens UNSW Press, 2010 | 98 | 2010 |
| Cross-sector partnership and human services in Australian states and territories: Reflections on a mutable relationship J Butcher, B Dalton Policy and Society 33 (2), 141-153, 2014 | 38 | 2014 |
| The three sector solution: Delivering public policy in collaboration with not-for-profits and business DJ Butcher, John R: Gilchrist ANU Press, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Attributes of effective collaboration: insights from five case studies in Australia and New Zealand JR Butcher, DJ Gilchrist, J Phillimore, J Wanna Policy Design and Practice 2 (1), 75-89, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Competition and Collaboration in the Contracting of Family Relationship Centres1 J Butcher, BP Freyens Australian journal of public administration 70 (1), 15-33, 2011 | 25 | 2011 |
| Government, the third sector and the rise of social capital J Butcher Third Sector Review 12 (1), 69-88, 2006 | 23 | 2006 |
| The third sector and government in Australia: Not-for-profit reform under Labor, 2007–13 J Butcher Australian Journal of Political Science 50 (1), 148-163, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| An Australian compact with the third sector: Challenges and prospects JR Butcher Third Sector Review 17 (1), 35-58, 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Collaboration for impact: Lessons from the field J Butcher, D Gilchrist ANU Press, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| Australia Under Construction: Nation-building past, present and future J Butcher ANU Press, 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
| Australian sub-national compacts with the not-for-profit sector: Pathways to cross-sector cooperation JR Butcher New Accountabilities, New Challenges, 297-342, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| The rise of big charity in Australia B Dalton, J Butcher Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action …, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| The national compact: Civilising the relationship between government and the not-for-profit sector in Australia J Butcher Government-nonprofit relations in times of recession, 165-188, 2013 | 11 | 2013 |
| “Social licence to operate” and the human services: A pathway to smarter commissioning? JR Butcher Australian Journal of Public Administration 78 (1), 113-122, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| An Australian National Compact-Something old, something new? J Butcher, J Casey, B Dalton Nonprofit Policy Forum 3 (2), 0000101515215433481038, 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| Investing in Not‐for‐Profit Sector Capacity: The Australian Capital Territory's Community Sector Development Program (CSDP) JR Butcher Australian Journal of Public Administration 75 (2), 249-257, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| Compacts between Government and the Not-for-profit Sector: A comparative case study of national and sub-national cross-sector policy frameworks JR Butcher The Australian National University, 2014 | 7 | 2014 |
| The unfinished business of nation-building JR Butcher Australia Under Construction: Nation-building past, present and future, 7-16, 2008 | 7 | 2008 |
| Squaring the virtuous circle: Exploring the potential of the ‘five Cs’ JR Butcher Australian Journal of Public Administration 74 (2), 249-256, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| New Zealand's relationship accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement J Butcher Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 7 (2), 32-59, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
