Power down to level up : resilient place-shaping for a post-Covid age.
by Walker, Andrew; Diamond, Patrick.Local Government Information Unit.
Publisher: Reform, London : 2020.Description: 41p.Summary: Place plays an important role for an increasing number of local councils as a strategic lens and a blueprint for local leadership. Recognition of place is vital for community wellbeing, particularly as disruption and complexity grow in society, politics and the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But governance in England is experiencing a period of further centralisation which is in danger of smothering local efforts at place leadership. This paper draws on case studies and analysis to argue that an effective case for refocusing UK governance on place must overcome entrenched orthodoxies about where local capacity lies, the nature of power in the modern state, and how we best measure policy success..Subject(s): governance | local authorities | decentralisation | neighbourhoods | devolution | total place | central government | public services | leadership | public health | health & social care | social capital | reform | future studies | Covid-19 | power | case studiesDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Covid-19: health and social care recovery in England [January 2023]
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Place plays an important role for an increasing number of local councils as a strategic lens and a blueprint for local leadership. Recognition of place is vital for community wellbeing, particularly as disruption and complexity grow in society, politics and the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. But governance in England is experiencing a period of further centralisation which is in danger of smothering local efforts at place leadership. This paper draws on case studies and analysis to argue that an effective case for refocusing UK governance on place must overcome entrenched orthodoxies about where local capacity lies, the nature of power in the modern state, and how we best measure policy success.
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