The purpose of this paper is to explore public participation from the perspective of two parallel developments in English urban governance since 1997: namely the attempts to modernise local government and area-based approaches employed to tackle social exclusion. The paper will situate these...

Purpose – This article aims to explore how objects function in integration efforts in health and social care contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The article draws on boundary object theory and empirical data collected from a range of health and social care integration initiatives in...