• DOI:10.1080/01442870500198361
Corpus ID: 153974208

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED …

@article{Lowndes2005SOMETHINGOS,
  title={SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED …},
  author={V. Lowndes},
  journal={Policy Studies},
  year={2005},
  volume={26},
  pages={291 - 309}
}

V. Lowndes

Published 2005

Economics

Policy Studies

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 different rates and in different directions, reflecting power relationships and the ‘embeddedness’ of local governance in specific historical and spatial contexts. In England, inertia and innovation have characterised, respectively, the political and managerial domains of local governance. But it is… CONTINUE READING

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