The Politics Of Local Innovation

Download The Politics Of Local Innovation full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Politics Of Local Innovation ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Politics of Local Innovation

Author : Hubert Heinelt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000518124
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Politics of Local Innovation by : Hubert Heinelt

Download or read book The Politics of Local Innovation written by Hubert Heinelt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some cities manage to mobilize innovation potentials and respond to challenges, such as demographic change and immigration as well as economic restructuring, while others do not. This book solves this problem by answering the following question: what are the conditions for the development of local innovation? In order to identify these conditions, the book explores case study cities which are perceived as success cases of local innovation by the respective local community, and sometimes also nationally or internationally. The conditions for local innovations are not sought primarily in economic, social, or institutional circumstances. Instead, this book focuses on the communicative interactions by which local actors develop locally embedded knowledge or a specific social imaginary about those circumstances, as well as the constraints and opportunities deriving from them. The authors focus on a comparative case study of ten cities—Bensheim, Frankfurt, Kassel, Leipzig, and Offenbach in Germany, and Athens, Chania, Elefsina, Kalamata, and Thessaloniki in Greece. The book is based on content analysis of policy documents and local newspapers as well as in-depth interviews with key local actors. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science and policy analysis, as well as sociology, geography, urban studies, and planning. It will also interest local politicians and bureaucrats concerned with achieving innovation in cities.

Innovation in City Governments

Author : Jenny M. Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317375459
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Innovation in City Governments by : Jenny M. Lewis

Download or read book Innovation in City Governments written by Jenny M. Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation has become an important focus for governments around the world over the last decade, with greater pressure on governments to do more with less, and expanding community expectations. Some are now calling this ‘social innovation’ – innovation that is related to creating new services that have value for stakeholders (such as citizens) in terms of the social and political outcomes they produce. Innovation in City Governments: Structures, Networks, and Leadership establishes an analytical framework of innovation capacity based on three dimensions: Structure - national governance and traditions, the local socioeconomic context, and the municipal structure Networks – interpersonal connections inside and outside the organization Leadership – the qualities and capabilities of senior individuals within the organization. Each of these are analysed using data from a comparative EU research project in Copenhagen, Barcelona and Rotterdam. The book provides major new insights on how structures, networks and leadership in city governments shape the social innovation capacity of cities. It provides ground-breaking analyses of how governance structures and local socio-economic challenges, are related to the innovations introduced by these cities. The volume maps and analyses the social networks of the three cities and examines boundary spanning within and outside of the cities. It also examines what leadership qualities are important for innovation. Innovation in City Governments: Structures, Networks, and Leadership combines an original analytical approach with comparative empirical work, to generate a novel perspective on the social innovation capacity of cities and is critical reading for academics, students and policy makers alike in the fields of Public Management, Public Administration, Local Government, Policy, Innovation and Leadership.

Local Governance Innovation in China

Author : Jessica C. Teets
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317751671
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Local Governance Innovation in China by : Jessica C. Teets

Download or read book Local Governance Innovation in China written by Jessica C. Teets and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a centralized formal structure, Chinese politics and policy-making have long been marked by substantial degrees of regional and local variation and experimentation. These trends have, if anything, intensified as China’s reform matures. Though often remarked upon, the politicsof policy formation, diffusion, and implementation at the subnational level have not previously been comprehensively described, let alone satisfactorily explained. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores how policies diffuse across China today, the mechanisms through which local governments actually arrive at specific solutions, and the implications for China’s political development and stability in the years ahead. The chapters examine how local-level institutions solve governance challenges, such as rural development, enterprise reform, and social service provision. Focusing on diverse policy areas that include land use, state-owned enterprise reform, and house churches, the contributors all address the same overarching question: how do local policymakers innovate in each issue area to address a governance challenges and how, if at all, do these innovations diffuse into national politics. As a study of local governance in China today, this book will appeal to both students and scholars of Chinese politics, comparative politics, governance and development studies, and also to policy-makers interested in authoritarianism and governance.

The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation

Author : David Ludwig
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000478726
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation by : David Ludwig

Download or read book The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation written by David Ludwig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops an integrated perspective on the practices and politics of making knowledge work in inclusive development and innovation. While debates about development and innovation commonly appeal to the authority of academic researchers, many current approaches emphasise the plurality of actors with relevant expertise for addressing livelihood challenges. Adopting an action-oriented and reflexive approach, this volume explores the variety of ways in which knowledge works, paying particular attention to dilemmas and controversies. The six parts of the book address the complex interplay of knowledge and politics, starting with the need for knowledge integration in the first part and decolonial perspectives on the politics of knowledge integration in the second part. The following three parts focus on the practices of inclusive development and innovation through three major themes of learning for transformative change, evidence, and digitisation. The final part of the book addresses the governance of knowledge and innovation in the light of political struggles about inclusivity. Exploring conceptual and practical themes through case studies from the Global North and South, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners researching and working in development studies, epistemology, innovation studies, science and technology studies, and sustainability studies more broadly.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in State and Local Government

Author : Michael Harris
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739109267
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Innovation and Entrepreneurship in State and Local Government by : Michael Harris

Download or read book Innovation and Entrepreneurship in State and Local Government written by Michael Harris and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans today recognize and celebrate leadership genius in the management of private companies. At the same time, the American public remains deeply skeptical of government's ability to address real economic and social challenges. The contributors to this timely and important volume increase our understanding of the potential incentives for and barriers to creative problem-solving in the public sector. Drawing on case studies of state and local government, as well as theoretical literature on private sector management, these scholars reveal both the problems and the possibilities in governmental decision-making.

The Politics of Decentralisation

Author : Danny Burns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349233978
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Politics of Decentralisation by : Danny Burns

Download or read book The Politics of Decentralisation written by Danny Burns and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1994-05-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging book sets discussion of the various approaches to local government decentralisation in the context of the changing nature of public service management and the possibilities for new kinds of public involvement in government decision-making. It draws on a wide range of experiences throughout the UK as well as the findings of an in-depth study of the impact of radical decentralisation strategies in two inner London boroughs to provide an authoritative assessment of the politics of decentralisation.

The Persistence of Innovation in Government

Author : Sandford F. Borins
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press with Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
ISBN 13 : 0815725604
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Persistence of Innovation in Government by : Sandford F. Borins

Download or read book The Persistence of Innovation in Government written by Sandford F. Borins and published by Brookings Institution Press with Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandford Borins addresses the enduring significance of innovation in government as practiced by public servants, analyzed by scholars, discussed by media, documented by awards, and experienced by the public. In The Persistence of Innovation in Government, he maps the changing landscape of American public sector innovation in the twenty-first century, largely by addressing three key questions: • Who innovates? • When, why, and how do they do it? • What are the persistent obstacles and the proven methods for overcoming them? Probing both the process and the content of innovation in the public sector, Borins identifies major shifts and important continuities. His examination of public innovation combines several elements: his analysis of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Innovations in American Government Awards program; significant new research on government performance; and a fresh look at the findings of his earlier, highly praised book Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes Are Transforming American Government. He also offers a thematic survey of the field’s burgeoning literature, with a particular focus on international comparison.

The Future of Local Self-Government

Author : Tomas Bergström
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030560597
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Future of Local Self-Government by : Tomas Bergström

Download or read book The Future of Local Self-Government written by Tomas Bergström and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new research results on the challenges of local politics in different European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Switzerland, together with theoretical considerations on the further development and strengthening of local self-government. It focuses on analyses of the most recent developments in local democracy and administration.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan

Author : Kathryn Ibata-Arens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139448765
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan by : Kathryn Ibata-Arens

Download or read book Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan written by Kathryn Ibata-Arens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan's innovators and entrepreneurs are a real success story against the odds, surviving recession in the 1990s to prosper in today's competitive business environment. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan explores the struggles of entrepreneurs and civic-minded local leaders in fostering innovative activity, and identifies key business lessons for an economy in need of dynamic change. Ibata-Arens offers in-depth analysis of strategy in firms, communities and in local government. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan examines detailed case studies of high-technology manufacturers in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, as well as bio-tech clusters in America - demonstrating far-reaching innovation and competition effects in national institutions, and firms embedded within local and regional institutions. The book is essential reading for academics and students of business, economics, political economy, political science, and sociology. It will also appeal to investors, entrepreneurs and community development organisations seeking new perspectives on global competition and entrepreneurship in high-technology enterprises.

Local Government Innovativeness in China

Author : Youlang Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000392910
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Local Government Innovativeness in China by : Youlang Zhang

Download or read book Local Government Innovativeness in China written by Youlang Zhang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government innovation has become one of the most important topics on China’s policy agenda in recent decades. This book explains why some local governments are more innovative than others. This book uses a novel theoretical framework and points out that in China’s multi-level government structure, the administrative hierarchy and the span of control could shape local governments’ innovation motivation, innovation capability, and innovation opportunity, thus influencing local government innovativeness. The author systematically analysed the 177 winners and finalists of the biennial Innovations and Excellence in Chinese Local Governance (IECLG) Awards Programme from 2001 to 2015 to provide convincing empirical evidence to support this theory. This book adopts an institutional approach to explaining local government innovativeness in China and may be a useful reference to help us learn more about local government decisions and behaviours.

Inside Smart Cities

Author : Andrew Karvonen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351166182
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Inside Smart Cities by : Andrew Karvonen

Download or read book Inside Smart Cities written by Andrew Karvonen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of the smart city has arrived. Only a decade ago, the promise of optimising urban services through the widespread application of information and communication technologies was largely a techno-utopian fantasy. Today, smart urbanisation is occurring via urban projects, policies and visions in hundreds of cities around the globe. Inside Smart Cities provides real-world evidence on how local authorities, small and medium enterprises, corporations, utility providers and civil society groups are creating smart cities at the neighbourhood, city and regional scales. Twenty three empirically detailed case studies from the Global North and South – ranging from Cape Town, Stockholm and Abu Dhabi to Philadelphia, Hong Kong and Santiago – illustrate the multiple and diverse incarnations of smart urbanism. The contributors draw on ideas from urban studies, geography, urban planning, science and technology studies and innovation studies to go beyond the rhetoric of technological innovation and reveal the political, social and physical implications of digitalising the built environment. Collectively, the practices of smart urbanism raise fundamental questions about the sustainability, liveability and resilience of cities in the future. The findings are relevant to academics, students, practitioners and urban stakeholders who are questioning how urban innovation relates to politics and place.

Innovative Governments

Author : Douglas J. Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313388865
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Innovative Governments by : Douglas J. Watson

Download or read book Innovative Governments written by Douglas J. Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-01-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to state and federally mandated programs, local governments are increasingly resorting to innovative and alternative means of performing their functions because taxpayers are becoming more resistant to tax increases. Certain conditions need to exist for governmental innovation to be possible. This work explores these situations, using case studies in local government to discuss in detail innovative programs in risk management, zoning, stormwater management, public safety, housing, and governmental format.

Enhancing Innovation Capacity in City Government

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264438211
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Enhancing Innovation Capacity in City Government by : OECD

Download or read book Enhancing Innovation Capacity in City Government written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-26 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities are reinventing themselves to adapt and respond to their evolving contexts. One instrument that local government is leveraging is innovation. To understand how cities approach public sector innovation, the OECD and Bloomberg Philanthropies carried out a survey on innovation capacity across 89 cities in OECD countries and non-OECD economies. The focus of the survey was to unpack the capacity to innovate in the local public sector and explore the resources – human, financial, and institutional – and how they can work to boost innovation in a city.

Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion

Author : Oosterlynck, Stijn
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447338448
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion by : Oosterlynck, Stijn

Download or read book Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion written by Oosterlynck, Stijn and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than thirty case studies in eight different countries, this book explores the governance dynamics of local social innovations in the field of poverty reduction. The diverse team of contributors reflect on the trajectory of social innovation in European governance. They illustrate how different governance dynamics and welfare mixes enable or hinder poverty reduction strategies and analyse how they involve a diversity of actors, instruments and resources at different spatial scales. The contributions are based on research motivated by the standstill in the fight against poverty in Europe and the anxiety that conventional macro-social policies are insufficient to deal with the current challenges.

The Politics of High Tech Growth

Author : Sean O'Riain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521830737
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Politics of High Tech Growth by : Sean O'Riain

Download or read book The Politics of High Tech Growth written by Sean O'Riain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-26 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that beneath the Irish trade and foreign investment boom lies a more interesting story of regional innovation promoted by an alliance between the state and local technical communities. This alliance was governed through a decentralized set of state institutions, drawing on 'global' and 'local' economic and political resources. This 'Developmental Network State' has had a significant impact on the growth of Ireland's high tech cluster and is central to the emergence of an international network of 'global high tech regions' from Silicon Valley to Ireland, Taiwan, and Israel. The book provides a detailed study of the rise of the software industry in Ireland and of the state institutions and political conditions which promoted it. It shows how new 'network state' policies and institutions have been central to high tech regions elsewhere.

Nimby Is Beautiful

Author : Carol Hager
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782386025
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Nimby Is Beautiful by : Carol Hager

Download or read book Nimby Is Beautiful written by Carol Hager and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) protests are often criticized as parochial and short-lived, generating no lasting influence on broader processes related to environmental politics. This volume offers a different perspective. Drawing on cases from around the globe, it demonstrates that NIMBY protests, although always arising from a local concern in a particular community, often result in broader political, social, and technological change. Chapters include cases from Europe, North America, and Asia, engaging with the full political spectrum from established democracies to non-democratic countries. Regardless of political setting, NIMBY movements can have a positive and proactive role in generating innovative solutions to local as well as transnational environmental issues. Furthermore, those solutions are now serving as models for communities and countries around the world.

The Politics of Innovation

Author : Mark Zachary Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190464143
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Politics of Innovation by : Mark Zachary Taylor

Download or read book The Politics of Innovation written by Mark Zachary Taylor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an approachable style, The Politics of Innovation provides readers from all backgrounds and levels of expertise a comprehensive introduction to the debates over national S&T competitiveness. It synthesizes over fifty years of theory and research on national innovation rates, bringing together the current political and economic wisdom, and latest findings, about how nations become S&T leaders. Many experts mistakenly believe that domestic institutions and policies determine national innovation rates. However, after decades of research, there is still no agreement on precisely how this happens, exactly which institutions matter, and little aggregate evidence has been produced to support any particular explanation. Yet, despite these problems, a core faith in a relationship between domestic institutions and national innovation rates remains widely held and little challenged. The Politics of Innovation confronts head-on this contradiction between theory, evidence, and the popularity of the institutions-innovation hypothesis. It presents extensive evidence to show that domestic institutions and policies do not determine innovation rates. Instead, it argues that social networks are as important as institutions in determining national innovation rates. The Politics of Innovation also introduces a new theory of "creative insecurity" which explains how institutions, policies, and networks are all subservient to politics. It argues that, ultimately, each country's balance of domestic rivalries vs. external threats, and the ensuing political fights, are what drive S&T competitiveness. In making its case, The Politics of Innovation draws upon statistical analysis and comparative case studies of the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Israel, Russia and a dozen countries across Western Europe.