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Financial failure and corporate intervention at Northamptonshire County Council: a sorry saga but not a surprise

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper examines the recent financial and corporate delivery history at Northamptonshire County Council. Drawing on institutional isomorphism, it demonstrates long-term inadequacies in the governance and management of the council and weaknesses in its collaborative working with key partners including the district councils in Northamptonshire. These contributed to the government’s subsequent decision to reorganise local government across Northamptonshire and helps explain why this radical intervention in local democracy uniquely generated comparatively little public or political opposition.

Source: Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository)

Authors: Murphy, P, Dom, BK, Jones, M

Institutions: Nottingham Trent University, Evangelical Presbyterian University College

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7028696266

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