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The Dynamics of Multi‐organizational Partnerships: an Analysis of Changing Modes of Governance
- V. Lowndes, C. Skelcher
- Business
- 1998
Multi-organizational partnerships are now an important means of governing and managing public programmes. They typically involve business, community and not-for-profit agencies alongside government… Expand
Local Governance under the Coalition Government: Austerity, Localism and the ‘Big Society’
- V. Lowndes, Lawrence Pratchett
- Economics
- 24 January 2012
Abstract The Coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, formally created on 11th May 2010, has introduced a range of initiatives which affect local governance, from the announcement… Expand
Why Institutions Matter: The New Institutionalism in Political Science
- V. Lowndes, Mark Roberts
- Political Science
- 7 June 2013
1. Why Study Institutions?.- 2. Three Phases of Institutionalism.- 3. Rules, Practices and Narratives.- 4. Power and Agency.- 5. Institutional Change.- 6. Institutional Diversity.- 7. Institutional… Expand
Rescuing Aunt Sally: Taking Institutional Theory Seriously in Urban Politics
- V. Lowndes
- Sociology
- 1 October 2001
The sub-discipline of 'urban politics' has been constructed in opposition to a traditional version of 'institutional theory'-an approach that collapsed the political processes affecting urban… Expand
Like a Horse and Carriage or a Fish on a Bicycle: How Well do Local Partnerships and Public Participation go Together?
- V. Lowndes, H. Sullivan
- Economics
- 1 March 2004
Partnership and participation have co-evolved as key instruments of New Labour's agenda for the ‘modernisation’ and ‘democratic renewal‘ of British local government. It is often assumed that… Expand
How low can you go? Rationales and challenges for neighbourhood governance
- V. Lowndes, H. Sullivan
- Political Science
- 1 March 2008
Associated with innovation in both democratic practice and service design, neighbourhoods are high on policy agendas across Europe. Drawing upon classic debates about size and devolution, the article… Expand
Women and Social Capital: A Comment on Hall's ‘Social Capital in Britain’
- V. Lowndes
- Economics
- 1 July 2000
Hall's interesting article contains the bold, but undeveloped, argument that ‘social capital has been sustained in Britain largely by virtue of the increasing participation of women in the… Expand
Local political participation: the impact of rules-in-use
- V. Lowndes, Lawrence Pratchett, G. Stoker
- Sociology
- 1 August 2006
This article argues that political participation is shaped by locally distinctive 'rules-in-use', notwithstanding the socio-economic status or level of social capital in an area. It recognizes that… Expand
Diagnosing and remedying the failings of official participation schemes: the CLEAR framework
- V. Lowndes, Lawrence Pratchett, G. Stoker
- Sociology
- 1 April 2006
Drawing on extensive research, the article proposes a diagnostic tool for assessing official schemes to encourage participation and discusses remedial measures that might be taken to tackle problems.… Expand
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED …
- V. Lowndes
- Economics
- 1 September 2005
Local governance is conceptualised as an ‘institutional matrix’, comprising distinct (but interacting) rule-sets, in which forces for change and continuity coexist. Different rule-sets change at… Expand