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...

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 --...

This article examines the new leadership role of the English elected mayor. The authors suggest that the management and governance of the local authority is subject to significant change within the mayoral system, and that elected mayors represent a form of strong political management which is...

Purpose The chapter proposes that a new public enterprise (NPE) now characterises developments in local policymaking and service delivery. The NPE places the local public sector in a leading role, either in the direct ‘contracting in’ of services previously contracted out to the private...

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 --...