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Delivering Public Services: Locality, Learning and Reciprocity in Place Based Practice

Accepted version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

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Authors

Marsh, Ian 
Crowley, Kate 
Grube, Dennis 
Eccleston, Richard 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pPolicymakers 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.</jats:p>

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Keywords

4407 Policy and Administration, 4408 Political Science, 44 Human Society, 8.3 Policy, ethics, and research governance

Journal Title

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

0313-6647
1467-8500

Volume Title

76

Publisher

Wiley