Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education there are important informal relationships of accountability among key stakeholders, organized around voluntary obligation in the public interest. Developing these accountabilities enhances sustainability. This article argues that...

<title/> Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education there are important informal relationships of accountability among key stakeholders, organized around voluntary obligation in the public interest. Developing these accountabilities enhances sustainability. This article argues that...

This study examines the impact an empowerment strategy may have when applied to public sector employees delivering Environmental Services.The study employs a case study method as its central research strategy with ten sample local authorities chosen as strategic informants. The key issues...

This paper considers critically the question of what constitutes „local partnership‟, including the stated meanings and implicit power relationships within, for instance, public/private partnerships, specific projects such as Building Schools for the Future or the „area partnership‟...

Public enterprise and local entrepreneurship in Europe and beyond -- Local government partnerships, economic development and enterprise -- Place and place-making -- Public enterprise, innovation and collaboration -- The enterprising local state? -- Towards a model of the new public enterprise --...