Innovation and public entrepreneurship in English city government: what is the role of philanthropic organisations?

英国城市政府的创新和公共创业：慈善组织的作用是什么？

• 批准号: 1762374
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1762374
• 关键词: Innovation; public; entrepreneurship; English; city

This research aims to understand the role of philanthropic organisations in stimulating innovation (introduction of new elements into a public service - in the form of new knowledge, new organisation, and/or new management of processes or skills) and public entrepreneurship in UK city government. Few studies have evaluated the impacts on innovation by philanthropic institutions collaborating with government in the UK. By deploying qualitative methods, the nature of the relationship between government and philanthropic actors will be analysed in Newcastle, Bristol, and Manchester. These cities face similar levels of budget cuts, but differing degrees of devolution, enabling us to analyse the impacts of these new devolved powers. This study draws on the geographic literature on policy mobility, political science literatures on institutional dynamics, the political actor motivations, and policy transfer, and the interdisciplinary literature of the Third Sector. The thesis will have the objectives of informing debates around experimentation in government, and how government innovation can be effectively supported to improve services. The study will also feed into policy on devolution, and draw out the implications of philanthropy's power to effect change in government, and the implications this has for democracy. Nesta, an independent charity working on innovation with UK state and society as well as globally, is the chosen (and confirmed) philanthropic foundation to partner due to its extensive networks which will facilitate access for the study. For example, the collaboration will provide unparalleled access to interview Nesta staff, and its wider network of academics, experts and contacts to triangulate and discuss research. The aim is to understand the capacity in urban governance for public innovation and entrepreneurship, and the role of philanthropic organisations in stimulating and influencing it. To fulfil this aim, the project addresses the following questions: 1. How do philanthropic organisations seek to influence innovation and decision-making in city government? 2. What role do philanthropic organisations play in changing the practice and modes of urban governance? 3. How do differing degrees of devolution, including institutional, policy and economic factors, impact on city government's ability and capacity to engage with philanthropic organisations? 4. Does the involvement of philanthropic organisations affect the democracy of city government decision-making? To answer these questions, the study conducts a multiple case study approach of city government. Using the lenses of comparative urbanism, it investigates political processes across three cities: Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle. A methodological focus on cities allows us to analyse the intervening impacts of UK devolution, the ongoing trends of austerity which is disrupting delivery, and the reform of local government funding settlements. Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle have been selected to compare differing degrees of devolution. Analysis of primary documents including government papers and nongovernmental documents will enable the analysis to assess the structures, governance models and cultures, and the motivations and approaches of the philanthropic organisations. Semi-structured interviews with city government officials and staff in philanthropic organisations will explore, in greater depth, these insights, including the role of philanthropic institutions in changing urban governance, and investigate the impact of institutional, policy and economic factors in city government. The qualitative data from the secondary documents and interviews will be analysed using NVivo software. Transcripts will be coded and analysed to identify themes and patterns within and between the three cities.

本研究旨在了解慈善组织在刺激英国市政府创新（以新知识、新组织和/或新流程或技能管理的形式将新元素引入公共服务）和公共创业方面的作用。很少有研究评估慈善机构与英国政府合作对创新的影响。通过采用定性方法，我们将分析纽卡斯尔、布里斯托尔和曼彻斯特政府与慈善行为体之间关系的性质。这些城市面临相似程度的预算削减，但权力下放程度不同，这使我们能够分析这些新权力下放的影响。本研究借鉴了关于政策流动性的地理文献、关于制度动态、政治行为者动机和政策转移的政治学文献，以及第三部门的跨学科文献。本论文的目标是为围绕政府实验以及如何有效支持政府创新以改善服务的辩论提供信息。该研究还将纳入权力下放政策，并揭示慈善事业影响政府变革的力量的影响，以及这对民主的影响。 Nesta 是一家致力于与英国国家和社会以及全球范围内进行创新的独立慈善机构，因其广泛的网络将促进该研究的获取，因此被选择（并确认）作为合作伙伴的慈善基金会。例如，此次合作将为采访 Nesta 员工及其更广泛的学者、专家和联系人网络提供无与伦比的机会，以进行三角测量和讨论研究。目的是了解城市治理对公共创新和创业的能力，以及慈善组织在刺激和影响公共创新和创业方面的作用。为了实现这一目标，该项目解决了以下问题： 1. 慈善组织如何寻求影响市政府的创新和决策？ 2. 慈善组织在改变城市治理实践和模式方面发挥什么作用？ 3. 不同程度的权力下放，包括制度、政策和经济因素，如何影响市政府参与慈善组织的能力和能力？ 4、慈善组织的参与是否影响市政府决策民主？为了回答这些问题，本研究对市政府进行了多案例研究。它利用比较城市主义的视角，调查了三个城市的政治进程：布里斯托尔、曼彻斯特和纽卡斯尔。对城市的方法论关注使我们能够分析英国权力下放的干预影响、扰乱交付的持续紧缩趋势以及地方政府融资解决方案的改革。选择布里斯托尔、曼彻斯特和纽卡斯尔来比较不同程度的权力下放。对主要文件（包括政府文件和非政府文件）的分析将使分析能够评估慈善组织的结构、治理模式和文化以及动机和方法。对市政府官员和慈善组织工作人员的半结构化访谈将更深入地探讨这些见解，包括慈善机构在改变城市治理中的作用，并调查制度、政策和经济因素对市政府的影响。来自二手文件和访谈的定性数据将使用 NVivo 软件进行分析。将对成绩单进行编码和分析，以确定三个城市内部和之间的主题和模式。