Steven R Henderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1520601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven R Henderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven R |
| FAMILY NAME | Henderson |
| SIGNATURE | HENDERSON S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6734-1796 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Decentralisation advocacy and inter-government coordination
Local government engages in inter-government advocacy to increase functional and financial autonomy and to better respond to community needs. Adopted narratives frequently highlight the problems of centralisation and the perceived benefits of decentralisation, not least democratic proximity. This paper conceptualises local government advocacy within the context of the strategic-relational state and regionalised new state spaces, and distinguishes…
Urban financialisation and grounded mutations
The contemporary co-occurrence of burgeoning financial capital and public sector funding constraints draws into consideration the interaction between financial institutions and local authorities. Financialisation-in-motion seeks to capture the dynamics involved. Within this conceptualisation, advocacy narratives designed to support new financial instruments materialise, whether rolled out during direct communication or manifesting in more indirec…
Urban financialisation-in-motion
Prometheus
Prometheus
Prometheus
Prometheus
Prometheus
Policy mobility, advocacy and problem–potential bridging practices
Globalisation has enormously expanded the availability of urban policy information and prompted the need for policy mobility studies. In contrast to objective evidence and rational forms of place-based adoption, policy mobility studies direct attention to the plethora of actors involved in policy mobility and the contested pathways through which policy is adopted, adapted and mutated. Supportive scholars call for consideration of relational and t…
Local government advocacy in the ‘suburban age
The ‘suburban age’ has been conceptualised as the dominant global urban spatial reality for the 21st Century, yet the politics associated with this heightened expansiveness remain underdeveloped. Of relevance is the potential for suburban discontentment across a myriad of spaces centred upon the under provision of infrastructure and employment. With urban regions often highly fragmented by local government boundaries, bottom-up inter-local govern…
Mobilising Q methodology within a realist evaluation
Realist evaluation and Q methodology are established approaches in social science. However, integration of Q methodology within a realist evaluation is scarce. This article attempts to illustrate (through a recent evaluation) how Q methodology can support a realist evaluation. The article attempts to capture the philosophical compatibility of the two approaches creating an argument for Q’s integration within realist evaluation. Through the case s…
International advocacy for contract-based public private partnerships through case studies
In response to urban infrastructure deficits, international organisations, such as the United Nations, encourage governments to harness private finance. Contract-based Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) represent one policy option enabling infrastructure to be privately financed and constructed, and for service provision to occur. With PPPs also a contested policy option, private sector policy intermediaries advocate for their adoption, including…
Outer metropolitan areas and infrastructure deficits
Competitive sub-metropolitan regionalism
In contrast with attention to city-regions as motors of the global economy, alternative perspectives indicate the rising complexity of metropolitan forms. The coherency of city-regions, their management and the intensity of political benefits from outwardly radiating opportunities can therefore be considered problematic. Symbolic of this complexity is the emergence of sub-metropolitan regions, or sub-regions within city-regions, that seek to bett…
Advocating within and outside the shadow of hierarchy
Where urban and regional development processes create deficits in infrastructure, services or employment, governments are expected to respond. One specific dimension is local government advocacy within a multi-tiered state. Although democratically proximate to residents, local government represents a creature of higher government tiers and is subject to the centralist ‘shadow of hierarchy’. To interpret whether advocacy is stunted by hierarchical…
Framing regional scalecraft
Uneven development invokes statecraft by multiple tiers of government centred on tackling problems, appearing competent and winning elections. Scalecraft, as a particular form of statecraft, can involve regional inter-local government collaboration. To avoid overstating the existence, effectiveness and/or impact of grounded examples, attention must be directed upward towards how regional scalecraft entwines with higher levels of government, outwa…
Transforming old industrial regions
From Sub-Regional Networks to Sub-Regional Localism
Henderson S. R. From sub-regional networks to sub-regional localism: experiences of collaboration in England's historical Black Country, Regional Studies. Uneven development within the English spatial economy has resulted in a succession of national policy prescriptions, the latest phase being sub-regional local enterprise partnerships (LEPs). This paper identifies associated policy instabilities and questions both the strength of pre-existing su…
An Evaluation of the Layering and Legacy of Area-based Regeneration Initiatives in England
In England, there have been 40 years of area-based initiatives (ABIs) involving strategic national government intervention in local authority areas with significant regeneration needs. Whilst they have been examined individually, less consideration has been given to the layering and legacy of ABIs. Uncertainties include whether local authorities have institutionalised new ways of operating or whether layering complexities have acted as significan…
City centre retail development in England
Exploring alternative strategic management paradigms in high-growth ethnic and non-ethnic family firms
Changing Times, Changing Places
Much of the writing on urban regeneration in the UK has been focused on the types of urban spaces that have been created in city centres. Less has been written about the issue of when the benefits of regeneration could and should be delivered to a range of different interests, and the different time frames that exist in any development area. Different perceptions of time have been reflected in dominant development philosophies in the UK and elsew…
Refashioning Local Government and Inner-city Regeneration
This paper explores the role of local government in urban regeneration in England. The first part describes local-central government relations during recent decades. It concludes that 'actually occurring' regeneration fuses top-down and bottom-up priorities and preferences, as well as path dependencies created by past decisions and local relations. The second part illustrates this contention by examining the regeneration of inner-city Salford ove…
Excluding exceptions
Best Value and the Market Orientation of UK Recreation Centres
This paper explores the similarities between the Best Value initiative and the well-established market orientation construct. It shows that many of the benefits that Best Value could bring to local authority recreation centres could have been achieved more easily by implementing the market orientation philosophy. A study of 67 recreation centres suggests that although market orientation will increase under Best Value, the benefits from this might…
Changing Times, Changing Places
Much of the writing on urban regeneration in the UK has been focused on the types of urban spaces that have been created in city centres. Less has been written about the issue of when the benefits of regeneration could and should be delivered to a range of different interests, and the different time frames that exist in any development area. Different perceptions of time have been reflected in dominant development philosophies in the UK and elsew…
Refashioning Local Government and Inner-city Regeneration
This paper explores the role of local government in urban regeneration in England. The first part describes local-central government relations during recent decades. It concludes that 'actually occurring' regeneration fuses top-down and bottom-up priorities and preferences, as well as path dependencies created by past decisions and local relations. The second part illustrates this contention by examining the regeneration of inner-city Salford ove…
City centre retail development in England
Competitive sub-metropolitan regionalism
In contrast with attention to city-regions as motors of the global economy, alternative perspectives indicate the rising complexity of metropolitan forms. The coherency of city-regions, their management and the intensity of political benefits from outwardly radiating opportunities can therefore be considered problematic. Symbolic of this complexity is the emergence of sub-metropolitan regions, or sub-regions within city-regions, that seek to bett…
Advocating within and outside the shadow of hierarchy
Where urban and regional development processes create deficits in infrastructure, services or employment, governments are expected to respond. One specific dimension is local government advocacy within a multi-tiered state. Although democratically proximate to residents, local government represents a creature of higher government tiers and is subject to the centralist ‘shadow of hierarchy’. To interpret whether advocacy is stunted by hierarchical…
Framing regional scalecraft
Uneven development invokes statecraft by multiple tiers of government centred on tackling problems, appearing competent and winning elections. Scalecraft, as a particular form of statecraft, can involve regional inter-local government collaboration. To avoid overstating the existence, effectiveness and/or impact of grounded examples, attention must be directed upward towards how regional scalecraft entwines with higher levels of government, outwa…
Transforming old industrial regions
Outer metropolitan areas and infrastructure deficits
From Sub-Regional Networks to Sub-Regional Localism
Henderson S. R. From sub-regional networks to sub-regional localism: experiences of collaboration in England's historical Black Country, Regional Studies. Uneven development within the English spatial economy has resulted in a succession of national policy prescriptions, the latest phase being sub-regional local enterprise partnerships (LEPs). This paper identifies associated policy instabilities and questions both the strength of pre-existing su…
Excluding exceptions
How foresight creates unforeseen futures
Agricultural Adaptation to Real Regulation on the Urban Fringe
Research theorising the rural‐urban fringe has not focussed in detail on the regulatory system managing land‐use conflict, including disputes arising between agricultural enterprises and residential property owners. To explore local forms of regulation the need to identify relevant actors, their interrelationships and the way that they compete to influence decision‐makers is widely recognised in the literature. Moran et al .'s (1996) conceptualis…
Ruralities and Gender Divisions of Labour in Eastern England
The literature has identified particular restrictions on the ability of women to obtain paid work in rural areas, with lack of job opportunities, lack of child care facilities, access problems and cultural expectations about a woman's role in rural society all bearing negatively on the ability to attain jobs for which women are qualified. This paper acknowledges these constraints but cautions against placing too much emphasis on them. Drawing on …
An Evaluation of the Layering and Legacy of Area-based Regeneration Initiatives in England
In England, there have been 40 years of area-based initiatives (ABIs) involving strategic national government intervention in local authority areas with significant regeneration needs. Whilst they have been examined individually, less consideration has been given to the layering and legacy of ABIs. Uncertainties include whether local authorities have institutionalised new ways of operating or whether layering complexities have acted as significan…
Best Value and the Market Orientation of UK Recreation Centres
This paper explores the similarities between the Best Value initiative and the well-established market orientation construct. It shows that many of the benefits that Best Value could bring to local authority recreation centres could have been achieved more easily by implementing the market orientation philosophy. A study of 67 recreation centres suggests that although market orientation will increase under Best Value, the benefits from this might…
Mobilising Q methodology within a realist evaluation
Realist evaluation and Q methodology are established approaches in social science. However, integration of Q methodology within a realist evaluation is scarce. This article attempts to illustrate (through a recent evaluation) how Q methodology can support a realist evaluation. The article attempts to capture the philosophical compatibility of the two approaches creating an argument for Q’s integration within realist evaluation. Through the case s…
Regulating Land Use Conflict on the Urban Fringe
Land use conflict involving farm externalities represents an increasing policy concern in Australia as agricultural activities intensify and as the nation's metropolitan areas continue to expand outwards. A review of the rural-urban fringe literature reveals a noticeable absence of research exploring the intensity of conflict experienced by farmers. Similarly, inadequate attention has been given to the policies adopted by government to manage con…
Urban financialisation-in-motion
Local government advocacy in the ‘suburban age
The ‘suburban age’ has been conceptualised as the dominant global urban spatial reality for the 21st Century, yet the politics associated with this heightened expansiveness remain underdeveloped. Of relevance is the potential for suburban discontentment across a myriad of spaces centred upon the under provision of infrastructure and employment. With urban regions often highly fragmented by local government boundaries, bottom-up inter-local govern…
Agricultural Adaptation to Real Regulation on the Urban Fringe
Research theorising the rural‐urban fringe has not focussed in detail on the regulatory system managing land‐use conflict, including disputes arising between agricultural enterprises and residential property owners. To explore local forms of regulation the need to identify relevant actors, their interrelationships and the way that they compete to influence decision‐makers is widely recognised in the literature. Moran et al .'s (1996) conceptualis…
Regulating Land Use Conflict on the Urban Fringe
Land use conflict involving farm externalities represents an increasing policy concern in Australia as agricultural activities intensify and as the nation's metropolitan areas continue to expand outwards. A review of the rural-urban fringe literature reveals a noticeable absence of research exploring the intensity of conflict experienced by farmers. Similarly, inadequate attention has been given to the policies adopted by government to manage con…
Ruralities and Gender Divisions of Labour in Eastern England
The literature has identified particular restrictions on the ability of women to obtain paid work in rural areas, with lack of job opportunities, lack of child care facilities, access problems and cultural expectations about a woman's role in rural society all bearing negatively on the ability to attain jobs for which women are qualified. This paper acknowledges these constraints but cautions against placing too much emphasis on them. Drawing on …
How foresight creates unforeseen futures
Excluding exceptions
Best Value and the Market Orientation of UK Recreation Centres
This paper explores the similarities between the Best Value initiative and the well-established market orientation construct. It shows that many of the benefits that Best Value could bring to local authority recreation centres could have been achieved more easily by implementing the market orientation philosophy. A study of 67 recreation centres suggests that although market orientation will increase under Best Value, the benefits from this might…
Refashioning Local Government and Inner-city Regeneration
This paper explores the role of local government in urban regeneration in England. The first part describes local-central government relations during recent decades. It concludes that 'actually occurring' regeneration fuses top-down and bottom-up priorities and preferences, as well as path dependencies created by past decisions and local relations. The second part illustrates this contention by examining the regeneration of inner-city Salford ove…
Changing Times, Changing Places
Much of the writing on urban regeneration in the UK has been focused on the types of urban spaces that have been created in city centres. Less has been written about the issue of when the benefits of regeneration could and should be delivered to a range of different interests, and the different time frames that exist in any development area. Different perceptions of time have been reflected in dominant development philosophies in the UK and elsew…
Exploring alternative strategic management paradigms in high-growth ethnic and non-ethnic family firms
City centre retail development in England
An Evaluation of the Layering and Legacy of Area-based Regeneration Initiatives in England
In England, there have been 40 years of area-based initiatives (ABIs) involving strategic national government intervention in local authority areas with significant regeneration needs. Whilst they have been examined individually, less consideration has been given to the layering and legacy of ABIs. Uncertainties include whether local authorities have institutionalised new ways of operating or whether layering complexities have acted as significan…
From Sub-Regional Networks to Sub-Regional Localism
Henderson S. R. From sub-regional networks to sub-regional localism: experiences of collaboration in England's historical Black Country, Regional Studies. Uneven development within the English spatial economy has resulted in a succession of national policy prescriptions, the latest phase being sub-regional local enterprise partnerships (LEPs). This paper identifies associated policy instabilities and questions both the strength of pre-existing su…
Transforming old industrial regions
Framing regional scalecraft
Uneven development invokes statecraft by multiple tiers of government centred on tackling problems, appearing competent and winning elections. Scalecraft, as a particular form of statecraft, can involve regional inter-local government collaboration. To avoid overstating the existence, effectiveness and/or impact of grounded examples, attention must be directed upward towards how regional scalecraft entwines with higher levels of government, outwa…
Competitive sub-metropolitan regionalism
In contrast with attention to city-regions as motors of the global economy, alternative perspectives indicate the rising complexity of metropolitan forms. The coherency of city-regions, their management and the intensity of political benefits from outwardly radiating opportunities can therefore be considered problematic. Symbolic of this complexity is the emergence of sub-metropolitan regions, or sub-regions within city-regions, that seek to bett…
Advocating within and outside the shadow of hierarchy
Where urban and regional development processes create deficits in infrastructure, services or employment, governments are expected to respond. One specific dimension is local government advocacy within a multi-tiered state. Although democratically proximate to residents, local government represents a creature of higher government tiers and is subject to the centralist ‘shadow of hierarchy’. To interpret whether advocacy is stunted by hierarchical…
Mobilising Q methodology within a realist evaluation
Realist evaluation and Q methodology are established approaches in social science. However, integration of Q methodology within a realist evaluation is scarce. This article attempts to illustrate (through a recent evaluation) how Q methodology can support a realist evaluation. The article attempts to capture the philosophical compatibility of the two approaches creating an argument for Q’s integration within realist evaluation. Through the case s…
International advocacy for contract-based public private partnerships through case studies
In response to urban infrastructure deficits, international organisations, such as the United Nations, encourage governments to harness private finance. Contract-based Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) represent one policy option enabling infrastructure to be privately financed and constructed, and for service provision to occur. With PPPs also a contested policy option, private sector policy intermediaries advocate for their adoption, including…
Outer metropolitan areas and infrastructure deficits
Local government advocacy in the ‘suburban age
The ‘suburban age’ has been conceptualised as the dominant global urban spatial reality for the 21st Century, yet the politics associated with this heightened expansiveness remain underdeveloped. Of relevance is the potential for suburban discontentment across a myriad of spaces centred upon the under provision of infrastructure and employment. With urban regions often highly fragmented by local government boundaries, bottom-up inter-local govern…
Prometheus
Policy mobility, advocacy and problem–potential bridging practices
Globalisation has enormously expanded the availability of urban policy information and prompted the need for policy mobility studies. In contrast to objective evidence and rational forms of place-based adoption, policy mobility studies direct attention to the plethora of actors involved in policy mobility and the contested pathways through which policy is adopted, adapted and mutated. Supportive scholars call for consideration of relational and t…
Prometheus
Prometheus
Prometheus
Political science (22 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Public Administration (14 works) · Business (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Government (linguistics (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (10 works)