In practice - Modernising the Council: A Personal Reflection |
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| Authors: | Alison Darlow Faculty of Business and Law Janie Percy-Smith Peter Wells |
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| Institution: | 1. Leeds Metropolitan University , UK a.darlow@leedsmet.ac.uk;3. Independent Researcher and Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Leeds Metropolitan University , UK;4. Sheffield Hallam University , UK |
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| Abstract: | Joined up governance has emerged as one of the key policy discourses of the modernisation of local government under New Labour. Community strategies are one of the principal policy tools that are intended to deliver more joined up governance at the local level. This paper draws upon early findings from the national formative evaluation of community strategies to consider the extent to which community strategies are delivering more joined up governance in practice. The paper concludes by highlighting a number of tensions in the role of community strategies in delivering a more joined up local agenda. |
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