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作者：Connolly, Michael
作者单位：University of South Wales
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作者：Barberis, Peter
作者单位：Manchester Metropolitan University
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作者：Bevir, Mark; Richards, David
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of Sheffield
摘要：This Conclusion reflects on the contributions the various articles in this special issue have made to decentred studies of policy networks. It concentrates on three areas: the role of meaning in action in shaping networks; new research agendas that have been potentially opened; and key theoretical debates. In considering the theoretical debates, this Conclusion considers various criticisms of the decentred approach to exploring policy networks, before offering some suggestions for those who wa...
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作者：Farrell, Catherine M.
作者单位：University of South Wales
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作者：Needham, Catherine
作者单位：University of London
摘要：A recurrent theme in New Labour's public service reforms has been a tendency to orient services to the user as a consumer or customer of those services. However a consumerist approach - and particularly the 'customer is always right' imperative - appears problematic in relation to criminal justice. This article uses content analysis to explore the use of consumerist narratives by selected members of the UK criminal justice policy network (Prime Minister, Home Office and local government). It f...
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作者：Hodgett, Susan; Deneulin, Severine
作者单位：Ulster University; Ulster University; University of Bath
摘要：The paper discusses the extent to which narratives enrich human development policy assessment beyond statistical data. Our arguments are divided in three parts. First, after introducing the capability approach, we examine the theoretical rationale for assessing policy beyond statistics and the relevance of narratives in policy assessment. Second, we review one major exception in policy assessment, the European Union (EU) Community Infrastructure measure. The paper theorizes interpretive approa...
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作者：Poulsen, Birgitte
作者单位：Roskilde University
摘要：This article offers a study of the changing role of the state in Denmark under the condition of the overall transformation from government to governance with particular emphasis on the corresponding transition from process accountability to performance accountability. It is argued that although new modes of governance have been introduced, and new interpretations of accountability have been proliferated, neither conventional modes of governance nor older interpretations of accountability disap...
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作者：Durose, Catherine
摘要：One of the aims of this special issue is to 'decentre' a key facet of governance, namely networks. This article considers in particular the concept 'networked community governance', a key part of New Labour's reforms in local governance and, in particular, around neighbourhood-based working. This article draws on interpretive methods and analysis to explore the everyday work of frontline workers in contemporary local governance through their own stories. The article is based on empirical work ...
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作者：Gains, Francesca
作者单位：University of Manchester
摘要：The worlds of local bureaucrats are under researched and under theorized compared with those of civil servants in core executives. Yet local bureaucratic elites, sitting as they do between central states and localities, are key actors in governance networks. In England, the role and responsibilities of local bureaucratic elites has been transformed since the days of professionalized officers heading departmental structures reporting to committees, firstly by NPM and politicization in the 1980s...
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作者：Davies, Jonathan S.
作者单位：University of Warwick
摘要：Joined-up government has featured prominently on the agenda of the New Labour government in the UK. However, the politics of joining-up remain under-explored, with disproportionate emphasis on the technical and managerial dimensions of the challenge. This paper argues that political value conflicts form an essential part of the explanation for the replication of 'silos' within city strategic partnerships, the joining-up institution of choice at the local scale. A study of the local politics of...
