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Delivering public services: locality, learning and reciprocity in place based practice
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posted on 2023-05-18, 23:55 authored by Marsh, I, Catherine CrowleyCatherine Crowley, Grube, D, Richard EcclestonRichard EcclestonPolicymakers across myriad jurisdictions are grappling with the challenge of complex policy problems. Multi-faceted, complex, and seemingly intractable, ‘wicked’ problems have exhausted the repertoire of the standard policy approaches. In response, governments are increasingly looking for new options, and one approach that has gained significant scholarly interest, along with increasing attention from practitioners, is ‘place-based’ solutions. This paper surveys conceptual aspects of this approach. It describes practices in comparable jurisdictions – the United Kingdom, the EU, and the United States. And it explores efforts over the past decade to ‘localise’ Indigenous services. It sketches the governance challenge in migrating from top-down or principal-agent arrangements towards place-based practice. The paper concludes that many of the building blocks for this shift already exist but that these need to be re-oriented around ‘learning’. Funding and other administrative protocols may also ultimately need to be redefined.
History
Publication title
Australian Journal of Public AdministrationVolume
76Issue
4Pagination
443-456ISSN
0313-6647Department/School
College Office - College of Arts, Law and EducationPublisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaPlace of publication
AustraliaRights statement
Copyright 2016 Institute of Public Administration AustraliaRepository Status
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