Green, Anne E. and Orton, Michael (2012) Policy innovation in a fragmented and complex multilevel governance context : worklessness and the city strategy in Great Britain. Regional Studies, Vol.46 (No.2). pp. 153-164. doi:10.1080/00343404.2010.487059 ISSN 0034-3404.

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Abstract

This paper examines whether innovative policy development within fragmented and complex multilevel governance frameworks provides a paradox in that fragmentation and complexity justify, enable, and even require the launch of initiatives to deliver ‘joined-up thinking’, but at the same time place inherent constraints on what can be achieved. A new empirical insight is provided through research into the City Strategy initiative in Great Britain, which aims to tackle local concentrations of worklessness by promoting innovation within a framework of institutional complexity. It is argued that structural reform to provide institutional coherence may be a prerequisite of successful sub-national policy development.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Journal or Publication Title:	Regional Studies
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0034-3404
Official Date:	2012
Dates:	Date Event 2012 Published
Volume:	Vol.46
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 153-164
DOI:	10.1080/00343404.2010.487059
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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