Cuts, collaboration and creativity
Massive cuts in public spending are demanding a new era of collaborative working among partners in English local governance. Partnerships have the capacity to pool assets, share scarce resources and leverage new forms of social and human capital. City-wide partnerships are also ideal vehicles for public service creativity. Action research in Sheffield reveals the potential, but also the pitfalls, of attempts to mainstream partnership principles, now they are no longer mandated by central government.
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2012
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Authors: | Lowndes, Vivien ; Squires, Sharon |
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Public Money & Management. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0954-0962. - Vol. 32.2012, 6, p. 401-408
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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