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Policy Innovation in a Fragmented and Complex Multilevel Governance Context: Worklessness and the City Strategy in Great Britain

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  • Anne E. Green
  • Michael Orton

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Green A. E. and Orton M. Policy innovation in a fragmented and complex multilevel governance context: worklessness and the City Strategy in Great Britain, Regional Studies . This paper examines whether innovative policy development within fragmented and complex multilevel governance frameworks provides a paradox in that fragmentation and complexity justify, enable, and even require the launch of initiatives to deliver ‘joined-up thinking’, but at the same time place inherent constraints on what can be achieved. A new empirical insight is provided through research into the City Strategy initiative in Great Britain, which aims to tackle local concentrations of worklessness by promoting innovation within a framework of institutional complexity. It is argued that structural reform to provide institutional coherence may be a prerequisite of successful sub-national policy development. Green A. E. et Orton M. Apporter des innovations à la politique dans le contexte d'une gouvernance fragment�e et complexe à plusieurs niveaux: le chômage et la City Strategy en Grande-Bretagne, Regional Studies . Cet article cherche à examiner si, oui ou on, apporter des innovations à la politique dans le contexte d'une gouvernance fragment�e et complexe à plusieurs niveaux fournit un paradoxe dans la mesure où la fragmentation et la complexit� justifient, facilitent et même exigent la mise au point d'initiatives afin de mener à bien des ‘politiques coh�rentes’, mais imposer à la fois des contraintes inh�rentes à ce que l'on pourrait r�aliser. A partir de la recherche sur l'initiative men�e en Grande-Bretagne, à savoir la City Strategy , qui cherche à aborder le problème des bassins de chômage en encourageant l'innovation dans un contexte de complexit� institutionnelle, on fournit un nouvel aperçu. On affirme que la r�forme structurelle destin�e à fournir une coh�rence institutionnelle pourrait s'av�rer une condition pr�alable du d�veloppement r�ussi de la politique sous-nationale. City Strategy Innovation March� du travail Chômage Partenariat Gouvernance sous-nationale Green A. E. und Orton M. Politische Innovation im Kontext einer fragmentierten und komplexen mehrschichtigen Regierungsführung: Arbeitslosigkeit und die City Strategy in Großbritannien, Regional Studies . In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob die Entwicklung innovativer Politik im Rahmen einer fragmentierten und komplexen mehrschichtigen Regierungsführung ein Paradox darstellt, da die Fragmentierung und Komplexität die Einführung von Initiativen für ‘gemeinsame Überlegungen’ rechtfertigen, ermöglichen und sogar nötig machen, aber zugleich hinsichtlich des Machbaren inhärente Grenzen setzen. Neue empirische Einblicke liefert die Erforschung der ‘City-Strategy’-Initiative in Großbritannien, bei der in einem Rahmen der institutionellen Komplexität lokale Konzentrationen von Arbeitslosigkeit durch die Förderung von Innovation bekämpft werden sollen. Wir argumentieren, dass eine Strukturreform zur Gewährleistung institutioneller Kohärenz eine Voraussetzung für die Entwicklung einer erfolgreichen Politik auf subnationaler Ebene darstellen könnte. City Strategy Innovation Arbeitsmarkt Arbeitslosigkeit Partnerschaftliche Arbeit Regierungsführung auf subnationaler Ebene Green A. E. y Orton M. Innovación pol�tica en un contexto de gobierno fragmentado y complejo de varios niveles: desempleo y la Estrategia Metropolitana en Gran Bretaña, Regional Studies . En este art�culo analizamos si el desarrollo de pol�ticas innovadoras en estructuras de gobierno fragmentadas y complejas de varios niveles presenta una paradoja en cuanto a que la fragmentación y la complejidad justifican, permiten e incluso requieren la introducción de iniciativas para coordinar reflexión y acción pero al mismo tiempo imponen limitaciones inherentes. Ofrecemos una nueva perspectiva emp�rica analizando la iniciativa de la Estrategia Metropolitana en Gran Bretaña cuyo objetivo es luchar contra las concentraciones locales de desempleo fomentando la innovación en una estructura de complejidad institucional. Sostenemos que la reforma estructural para proporcionar coherencia institucional podr�a ser una condición previa para desarrollar con �xito una pol�tica subnacional. Estrategia metropolitana Innovación Mercado de trabajo Desempleo Trabajo de colaboración Gobernanza subnacional

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  • Anne E. Green & Michael Orton, 2012. "Policy Innovation in a Fragmented and Complex Multilevel Governance Context: Worklessness and the City Strategy in Great Britain," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(2), pages 153-164, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:46:y:2012:i:2:p:153-164
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.487059
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