05258nam 2200685 450 991046382140332120200520144314.01-78350-902-3(CKB)2670000000575629(EBL)1840424(SSID)ssj0001410136(PQKBManifestationID)11733636(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001410136(PQKBWorkID)11374329(PQKB)11344283(MiAaPQ)EBC1840424(Au-PeEL)EBL1840424(CaPaEBR)ebr10978418(CaONFJC)MIL660754(OCoLC)896751426(EXLCZ)99267000000057562920141124h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEuropean public leadership in crisis? /edited by John Diamond, Joyce LiddleFirst edition.West Yorkshire, England :Emerald,2014.©20141 online resource (190 p.)Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management,2045-7944 ;Volume 3Description based upon print version of record.1-78350-901-5 1-322-29472-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; European Public Leadership in Crisis?; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Context and Themes; Summary; Pushing it! Austerity Urbanism and Dispersed Leadership through 'Fleet-of-Foot' Mechanisms in Times of Crisis; Introduction; Re-Conceptualising 'Public Leadership'; The English Response to Contemporary Crises: Local Enterprise Partnerships and Austerity Urbanism; Conceptualising 'Fleet-of-Foot' Partnership Configurations; The Emergence of Local Enterprise Partnerships' FunctionsAn Interim Assessment of the Development of Leps as 'Fleet-of-Foot' Distributed Leadership EntitiesTo 'Open Up' Space for a Richer Constellation of Public, Private and Non-Profit Actors to Navigate Urban Crisis through Distributed Public Leadership; To Represent Functional Geographies; Are LEPs Providing More Efficient Urban Austerity Response Strategies than Formal Spaces of Government?; Concluding Notes; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; How Public Leadership is Addressing the Need to Bring about Change in Liverpool City; Introduction; Public Leadership and the New Governance AgendaPublic Leadership in Liverpool CityLeadership; Public Governance; Conclusions and Reflections; References; Liverchester/Manpool? The Curious Case of the Lack of Intra-Urban Leadership in the Twin Cities of the North-West; Introduction to the Twin Cities of the North-West; The Manchester Men; Liverpool Mayor; Conclusions: Evil Twins?; Notes; References; Leadership in the European Union: Europeanization Crisis and Austerity; Introduction; Europeanization: Process, Mechanisms and Content; Leadership and Culture; Leadership in the EU; The Case of the Credit Crunch and Austerity; ConclusionReferencesItalian City Managers: Caged Leaders?; Evolving City Leadership; Italian City Managers: From the Origins to Today; Method; Findings; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes; References; Do English Local Authorities Still Have the Means of Their Performance? A French View on a Local Public Action in Crisis; Framework of the Study; Introduction; The English Administrative Model Faced with the Budgetary Constraint; Presentation of the English Performance Management Model; A Results-Based Performance Management; The Limits of the Performance Management SystemThe Local Consequences of National AusterityThe Priorities of the Cameron Government; Reducing the Deficit, against all Odds; The 'Big Society' Policy; A Simplification of Local-National Relations?; Backlash at the Local Level: Radical Choices Imposed on Local Authorities; Financial Resources and Personnel under Pressure; Transfer of Competence and Reorientation of Policies; The Emergence of a Culture of Scarcity in Public Local Action; Analysis of the English Local Public Sector in the Light of the British Political, Philosophical and Cultural HistoryAn Administrative and Political System Marked by the Neo-Liberal ApproachThis volume questions the changing dynamics of public leadership across different European settings. Chapters highlight emergent discussions on the strengths and weaknesses of current knowledge. Authors investigate the tensions between Anglo-American and economic focused models of leadership that may challenge received wisdom.Critical perspectives on international public sector management ;Volume 3.Public administrationEuropePolitical leadershipEuropeElectronic books.Public administrationPolitical leadership351.4Diamond JohnLiddle JoyceMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463821403321European public leadership in crisis2029750UNINA