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Beyond Whole-of-Government: Varieties of Place-Centred Governance

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posted on 2023-05-22, 21:16 authored by Marsh, MI
A number of new or supplementary frameworks have been introduced to shift the locus of choice and decision away from highly centralised arrangements towards more localised contexts. This is reflected both in the Total Place initiatives in England and in the attention to place-based approaches in current OECD work, which in turn reflects developments in particular states. In both cases, the drastic cuts in public spending following the 2008 GFC have coloured implementation (e.g. Crowe, 2011). Also relevant are ‘learning-by-doing’ approaches which offer a new accountability framework to reconcile national concerns with local initiative and freedom of action. Finally, imaginative ‘place-based’ developments, covering the provision of otherwise threatened local services and the realisation of efficiencies through collaboration between authorities at the local level, are also evident in Australia. These are detailed in a comprehensive report on local government RAPAD,2007). These varied governance design are reviewed in turn. A concluding section explores the consistency of these approaches with recent official reviews of the public sector in Australia.

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Publication title

remoteFOCUS: The Challenge, Conversation, Commissioned Papers and Regional Studies of remote Australia

Editors

B Walker

Pagination

69-89

ISBN

978-0-9873958-1-8

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Desert Knowledge Australia

Place of publication

Alice Springs

Extent

17

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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