Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Mediating Networks, Hierarchies and Market ApproachesThe role of the Local Area Agreement (LAA) as a governance hybrid
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Dr. Jon Coaffee & Nicola HeadlamPAC Stormont Conference September 2007Regeneration Management ThemePolicy and Practice : The challenge for local governance after the white paper
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local governance hybrids
Twin Tracks ; • LG “form” and “function”• Urban policy from 1977 White Paper
• Post 1997 intensification – NSNR etc• Area Based Initiatives (ABI)• “initiative-itis”• “Muddled middle” • “Pragmatic localism”• Turn toward governance solutions
Introduction
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local governance hybrids
• “addiction” to partnerships• Partnership working • Joined up government• Shared services • Transformational government• Delegation - devolution – de-centralisation • “Partnerships are net absorbers of value”
The partnership panacea
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
HO PSA Delivery
PSA 5
PSA 3
PSA 2 (Joint OCJR)
PSA 1
PSA 4
PSA 7
PSA 6
One City Partnership
(LSP)
Notts Police
GOEM (43Staff)
5 Police Forces; 9 DATs;40 CDRPs; 49 Local Auth’s
ProbationPrisonsNASS ASB PolicingPolicy
PolicingStandards
CrimeReduction Drugs ACDCCU, REU, F
NDCLCJB
9 Area Committees
NOMS
CJS
OCJR CRCSG CommunitiesIND
NottinghamCity Council
Police Authority
Probation Inspectorate
CDRP DATCJIPCompact
CPS
HMICPrisons Inspectorate
Individual Regional Offices
Nott BCU
ProbationService
YOT
Courts
REGIONAL
NATIONAL
LOCAL
HMP
Voluntary & Community Sector
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local governance hybrids
• Partnership addiction at ABI scale• Partnership Virus (Brighouse)• Abusive partnerships• Terms of Reference • Culture• RDAs from 1999• Skills for “liminal management”
…morphs into network governance
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local Governance Hybrids
• Network• Hierarchy• Market
• Hybrids• Improvised forms • Tensions
Other forms of governance
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local governance hybrids
• The A of the LAA is not the A of the ABI• “Place shaping” ??which place??• Fluidity “within” and “between”• Regional question• City Regional-Neighbourhood Renewal (Turok & Robson) • ??LAA as “connector” from CR-NR??
Governance at other scales
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local Governance Hybrids
• Rapid change in focus and position• “orphan policy” nationally• Ignored regionally• Enthusiastically embraced locally (pilots)• “Eating a cloud with a knife and fork”• Phase II and roll-out
The LAA 2004-2007
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
LAA Framework
Local Community
Local partners
National Priorities
Monitoring and
Reporting
OutcomesScrutiny
Sustainable Communities
Strategy
Funding
LAA
Enterprise & Economic DevelopmentHealthier communities, and older people
Safer and stronger communitiesChildren and young people
---------------------------------------------------
LAA Reward Grant
LSP
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local Governance Hybrids
• Fit between SCS, LSP, LAA and LDF clarified• LGPIH Act 2007…• “Duty to have regard to”• “Duty to prepare”• “Duty to consult” 15 statutory consultees
The LAA within the LGWP 2006
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Combining the strengths of UMIST andThe Victoria University of Manchester
Local Governance Hybrids
• Brokerage / boundary spanning role• Boundary objects• Liminal managers• Leadership • Egan skills etc.• ??local prioritisation and decision making??
How the LAA is changing Public Administration in practice