Steven Parker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Parker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Parker |
| SIGNATURE | PARKER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9118-2641 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating co-production with disadvantaged service users
Co-production involves citizens and service providers collaborating in the design and delivery of services, but its application to disadvantaged individuals remains underexplored. This study addresses this gap by examining the Y Heritage project in the Midlands, UK, which implemented co-production with disadvantaged young people as a means to develop local heritage services. Using a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through int…
Assessing progress in decoupling transport CO2 emissions from GDP growth since 1970
The struggle for linking strategic and front-line outcomes in local government service delivery
Local government procurement in English regions
After the applause
Covid-19 has led to renewed public support for public services. Frontline workers symbolize a renewed ideal of public service ethos (PSE), though little attention has been paid to how the public managers delivering vital services interpret and mobilize PSE. We show how PSE is implemented by public managers reflecting their local contexts. We examine the theoretical roots of PSE and challenges by newer theories of public management before illustra…
Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration
This paper examines the relationship between leadership and public value in a multi-agency service, requiring the delicate navigation of tensions when there are diverse and competing interests among public service collaborators. The paper adopts an actor-focused perspective arguing for the need to develop theory about leadership in collaborative settings which includes understanding political astuteness in leadership, as this can have an impact o…
Leading and recognizing public value
This article examines the relationship between leadership and public value, which is particularly challenging in a context of explicit contest and conflict. The theoretical framework is illustrated through a case study of policing rural crime. The study reveals that the police worked with multiple and competing publics rather than a single homogeneous public, and that part of their leadership role was to create and convene a public space in which…
What makes for sustainable Healthy Cities initiatives?--a review of the evidence from Noarlunga, Australia after 18 years
This paper examines the factors that have enabled the Healthy Cities Noarlunga (HCN) initiative to be sustainable over 18 years (1987-2005). Sustainability related to the ability of the initiative to continue to operate continuously in a manner that indicated its existence was accorded value by the community and local service providers. The analysis is based on a narrative review of 29 documents related to HCN, including a number of evaluations. …
Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships
Part I Process and patterns: cross-border partnerships in tourism resource management, Dallen Timothy interest based formulation of tourism policy for environmentally sensitive destinations, Brent Ritchie collaboration on tourism policy making, Steven Parker the World Wide Fund for Nature Arctic Tourism Project, Peter Mason, Margaret Johnston and Dave Twynam an Australian Research Partnership between industry, universities and government, Terry d…
Child development and pediatrics for the 21st century
Public Policy & Administration
Leading and recognizing public value
This article examines the relationship between leadership and public value, which is particularly challenging in a context of explicit contest and conflict. The theoretical framework is illustrated through a case study of policing rural crime. The study reveals that the police worked with multiple and competing publics rather than a single homogeneous public, and that part of their leadership role was to create and convene a public space in which…
Public Policy & Administration
Child development and pediatrics for the 21st century
Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships
Part I Process and patterns: cross-border partnerships in tourism resource management, Dallen Timothy interest based formulation of tourism policy for environmentally sensitive destinations, Brent Ritchie collaboration on tourism policy making, Steven Parker the World Wide Fund for Nature Arctic Tourism Project, Peter Mason, Margaret Johnston and Dave Twynam an Australian Research Partnership between industry, universities and government, Terry d…
What makes for sustainable Healthy Cities initiatives?--a review of the evidence from Noarlunga, Australia after 18 years
This paper examines the factors that have enabled the Healthy Cities Noarlunga (HCN) initiative to be sustainable over 18 years (1987-2005). Sustainability related to the ability of the initiative to continue to operate continuously in a manner that indicated its existence was accorded value by the community and local service providers. The analysis is based on a narrative review of 29 documents related to HCN, including a number of evaluations. …
Leading and recognizing public value
This article examines the relationship between leadership and public value, which is particularly challenging in a context of explicit contest and conflict. The theoretical framework is illustrated through a case study of policing rural crime. The study reveals that the police worked with multiple and competing publics rather than a single homogeneous public, and that part of their leadership role was to create and convene a public space in which…
After the applause
Covid-19 has led to renewed public support for public services. Frontline workers symbolize a renewed ideal of public service ethos (PSE), though little attention has been paid to how the public managers delivering vital services interpret and mobilize PSE. We show how PSE is implemented by public managers reflecting their local contexts. We examine the theoretical roots of PSE and challenges by newer theories of public management before illustra…
Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration
This paper examines the relationship between leadership and public value in a multi-agency service, requiring the delicate navigation of tensions when there are diverse and competing interests among public service collaborators. The paper adopts an actor-focused perspective arguing for the need to develop theory about leadership in collaborative settings which includes understanding political astuteness in leadership, as this can have an impact o…
Assessing progress in decoupling transport CO2 emissions from GDP growth since 1970
The struggle for linking strategic and front-line outcomes in local government service delivery
Local government procurement in English regions
Navigating co-production with disadvantaged service users
Co-production involves citizens and service providers collaborating in the design and delivery of services, but its application to disadvantaged individuals remains underexplored. This study addresses this gap by examining the Y Heritage project in the Midlands, UK, which implemented co-production with disadvantaged young people as a means to develop local heritage services. Using a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through int…
Political science (9 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Marketing (5 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)