Local governments and social enterprise: Meeting community challenges together?

Hastings, C; Weate, J

Local governments and social enterprise: Meeting community challenges together?

Hastings, C

Weate, J

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Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
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Citation:: Social Capital and Enterprise in the Modern State, 2018, pp. 117-146
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hastings, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-8118
dc.contributor.author	Weate, J
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-20T22:15:10Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-20T22:15:10Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Social Capital and Enterprise in the Modern State, 2018, pp. 117-146
dc.identifier.isbn	9783319681146
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/164501
dc.description.abstract	Even though the role of local government was established in Australia in the early nineteenth century as a mechanism for tailored local service delivery provision within a narrow range of administrative functions, since World War II, local government’s roles have expanded to include town-planning and a range of welfare and leisure services that have continued to diversify to the present day. Expansion in function has not been matched by expansion in funding, with this being a particular issue in rural and regional councils. A result of these pressures has been increased interest in new models of networked governance, involving more players in the process of service delivery so that local governments are not required to ‘go it alone’. Social enterprises have increasingly been included as one of these other players, but there has been limited discussion in the literature about the roles social enterprises are playing for councils. This chapter situates an analysis of local government-social enterprise relationships within the theoretical frameworks of network governance and public value, with reference to examples of such relationships in regional New South Wales (NSW). It aims to stimulate discussion about the possibilities for local government-social enterprise relationships to deliver positive social and economic outcomes within regional Australia.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer International Publishing
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Capital and Enterprise in the Modern State
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-319-68115-3_6
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title	Local governments and social enterprise: Meeting community challenges together?
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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dc.date.updated	2022-12-20T22:15:08Z
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Abstract:

Even though the role of local government was established in Australia in the early nineteenth century as a mechanism for tailored local service delivery provision within a narrow range of administrative functions, since World War II, local government’s roles have expanded to include town-planning and a range of welfare and leisure services that have continued to diversify to the present day. Expansion in function has not been matched by expansion in funding, with this being a particular issue in rural and regional councils. A result of these pressures has been increased interest in new models of networked governance, involving more players in the process of service delivery so that local governments are not required to ‘go it alone’. Social enterprises have increasingly been included as one of these other players, but there has been limited discussion in the literature about the roles social enterprises are playing for councils. This chapter situates an analysis of local government-social enterprise relationships within the theoretical frameworks of network governance and public value, with reference to examples of such relationships in regional New South Wales (NSW). It aims to stimulate discussion about the possibilities for local government-social enterprise relationships to deliver positive social and economic outcomes within regional Australia.

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