Big change, little change?: punctuation increments and multi-layer institutional change for English local authorities under austerityTools Gardner, Alison (2017) Big change, little change?: punctuation increments and multi-layer institutional change for English local authorities under austerity. Local Government Studies, 43 (2). pp. 150-169. ISSN 1743-9388 Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2016.1276451
AbstractThis paper draws on new institutionalist theories to consider how we might characterise the process and outcomes of change occurring in English local government as a result of the UK’s austerity policies. It uses national and local empirical data to argue that changes are best understood as multi-layer processes, whereby radical ‘punctuated’ shifts in national funding can be mitigated to incremental adjustments in service delivery at a local level. However, the paper also suggests that the incremental appearance of change may be temporary, and that diminishing institutional resilience and emergent discursive shifts potentially prefigure a paradigm change in local governance. Hall’s (1993) framework of policy change is used to assess the extent of change to date.
Actions (Archive Staff Only)
|
Tools
Tools
