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.

这项研究旨在了解慈善组织在刺激创新方面的作用（将新要素引入公共服务 - 以新知识，新组织和/或新的流程或技能管理的形式）以及在英国市政府中的公共企业家精神。很少有研究评估与英国政府合作的慈善机构对创新的影响。通过部署定性方法，将在纽卡斯尔，布里斯托尔和曼彻斯特分析政府与慈善行为者之间关系的性质。这些城市面临相似的预算削减水平，但权力下降程度不同，使我们能够分析这些新权力的权力的影响。这项研究借鉴了有关政策流动性的地理文献，有关制度动态的政治学文献，政治演员动机和政策转移以及第三部门的跨学科文献。该论文将其目的是为政府实验的辩论提供信息，以及如何有效地支持政府创新以改善服务。这项研究还将纳入有关权力下放的政策，并提出慈善事业影响政府变革的影响，以及这对民主的影响。内斯塔（Nesta）是与英国州和社会以及全球创新的独立慈善机构，由于其广泛的网络将有助于该研究的访问，因此是合作伙伴的慈善基金会（并确认）慈善基金会。例如，该协作将提供无与伦比的采访NESTA员工的访问权限，以及其更广泛的学术界，专家和联系网络，以进行三角剖分和讨论研究。目的是了解公共创新和企业家精神的城市治理能力，以及慈善组织在刺激和影响慈善组织中的作用。为了实现这一目标，该项目解决了以下问题：1。慈善组织如何试图影响市政府的创新和决策？ 2。慈善组织在改变城市治理的实践和模式中起着什么作用？ 3。如何转变程度，包括机构，政策和经济因素，对市政府与慈善组织互动的能力和能力的影响？ 4。慈善组织的参与会影响市政府决策的民主吗？为了回答这些问题，该研究采用了市政府的多种案例研究方法。使用比较城市主义的镜头，它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。对城市的方法论上的重点使我们能够分析英国权力下放的中间影响，破坏交货的紧缩趋势以及地方政府资助和解的改革。已选择布里斯托尔，曼彻斯特和纽卡斯尔比较不同程度的权力下放。对包括政府文件和非政府文件在内的主要文件的分析将使分析能够评估慈善组织的结构，治理模型和文化以及动机和方法。对慈善组织的市政府官员和员工的半结构化访谈将更深入地探索这些见解，包括慈善机构在改变城市治理中的作用，并调查机构，政策和经济因素对城市政府的影响。辅助文档和访谈的定性数据将使用NVivo软件进行分析。成绩单将进行编码和分析，以识别三个城市内部和之间的主题和模式。