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‘Dealing’ with governance and planning? : The limits of urban intrapreneurialism

Abstract

This paper examines ‘deal-based’ policy responses to local and sub-regional governance dilemmas, drawing on issues around strategic planning policy in Oxfordshire, UK. Deal-based policy is conceptualised as a form of urban intrapreneurialism, explicitly designed to cultivate change within local state operations and to promote associated organisational innovation, institutional proactivity, and policy reorientation. A general evaluative frame for urban intrapreneurialism is derived and then deployed for the Oxfordshire case, assessing the extent to which deal-based policy is able to respond to the distinctive and challenging set of governance dilemmas which pertain. Finally, broader conceptual and policy implications are discussed.

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Authors

Sheffield, Connor
Valler, Dave

Oxford Brookes departments

School of the Built Environment

Dates

Year of publication: 2023
Date of RADAR deposit: 2023-09-18

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