Central state steering of local collaboration: assessing the impact of tools of meta-governance in homelessness services in England
Central state steering of local collaboration: assessing the impact of tools of meta-governance in homelessness services in England
Much of the discussion of state steering of service delivery networks to encourage collaboration at the local level has been theoretical. This study builds on this analysis systematically to assess the relationship between meta-governance tools of central government steering and the extent of local collaboration, using the case of homelessness services in England. Contrary to the pessimist expectations of some contemporary theory, central government funding tools and facilitating the transfer of best practice encourages collaboration. However, simple information provision and authority based tools are only partially effective, risking tokenistic compliance. Authority tools are more effective when combined with other tools
collaboration, coordination, networks, meta-governance, public services, homelessness
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Moseley, Alice
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James, Oliver
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2008
Moseley, Alice
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James, Oliver
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Moseley, Alice and James, Oliver
(2008)
Central state steering of local collaboration: assessing the impact of tools of meta-governance in homelessness services in England.
Public Organization Review, 8 (2), .
(doi:10.1007/s11115-008-0055-6).
Abstract
Much of the discussion of state steering of service delivery networks to encourage collaboration at the local level has been theoretical. This study builds on this analysis systematically to assess the relationship between meta-governance tools of central government steering and the extent of local collaboration, using the case of homelessness services in England. Contrary to the pessimist expectations of some contemporary theory, central government funding tools and facilitating the transfer of best practice encourages collaboration. However, simple information provision and authority based tools are only partially effective, risking tokenistic compliance. Authority tools are more effective when combined with other tools
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Published date: 2008
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collaboration, coordination, networks, meta-governance, public services, homelessness
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71100
ISSN: 1566-7170
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