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Facilitating spaces for place-based leadership in centralized governance systems: the case of Newcastle City Futures

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This paper explores how distributed and relational forms of place-based leadership can be facilitated in environments with constrained local governance capabilities. It is based on an in-depth case study of a university-hosted collaborative platform situated in a city/regional institutional landscape marked by limited local devolution and public sector austerity. The research contributes to a fuller understanding of place-based leadership by analyzing how actors can mobilize interpretive and network forms of power outside formal governance structures to encourage long-term thinking and broker innovative cross-organizational projects. Equally, however, it highlights their continuing dependence on legitimating forms of local institutional and resource authority.

Source: Regional Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1598620

Authors: Paul Vallance, Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Louise Kempton

Institutions: University of Sheffield, Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Governance

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid