Local Government and the Problem of English Governance

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ID6301611
AutoresJohn Fenwick (Northumbria University), Janice Mcmillan (0000-0002-0358-4318, Edinburgh Napier University), Howard Elcock (Northumbria University)
Ano2009
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas5-20
Data de publicação2009-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLocal Government Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03003930802574417
OpenAlexW1997632384
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas17

The paper is concerned with the problematic nature of English governance. The discussion begins with reference to the reluctance to engage in debates about English national governance. It then poses a series of questions about the balance to be drawn between localism and regionalism and the fragmentation of local governance in England (in contrast to the rest of the UK), suggesting that local government might provide a solution to the problem through the building of effective patterns of governance from the bottom up. This is contrasted with the various proposed formal and institutional ‘solutions’ to English governance, which are bound to fail. The discussion goes on to consider the problem of the English regions and concludes that the political conditions do not exist for the English regions to be the primary sites for the building of new English governance. After a review of ways in which governancecan be built, attention reverts to the local level where it is suggested that the current reorganisation of English local government suggests ways in which the foundations ofEnglish governance can be developed locally

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