Managerialism meets community development : contracting for social inclusion?
By: TURNER, David
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Contributor(s): MARTIN, Steve.
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ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, jan. 2004Policy & Politics 32, 1, p. 21-32Abstract: The government-funded Neighbourhood Support Fund (NSF) programme, launched in March 2000, sought to tackle exclusion among disaffected young people in the most disadvantaged areas of England. NSF reflected a decisive policy shift rejecting state-centric youth service provision in favour of direct funding of community-led initiatives.This article highlights important tensions between the government's aim of promoting innovative, community-based solutions and its emphasis on the rapid 'delivery' of tangible improvements. It raises questions about the capacity of local authorities and community-based groups to champion such initiatives. Early evidence suggests that implementing such a 'joined-up' approach requires a framework which is more conducive to collaboration between the statutory, voluntary and community sectors than that which currently exists
The government-funded Neighbourhood Support Fund (NSF) programme, launched in March 2000, sought to tackle exclusion among disaffected young people in the most disadvantaged areas of England. NSF reflected a decisive policy shift rejecting state-centric youth service provision in favour of direct funding of community-led initiatives.This article highlights important tensions between the government's aim of promoting innovative, community-based solutions and its emphasis on the rapid 'delivery' of tangible improvements. It raises questions about the capacity of local authorities and community-based groups to champion such initiatives. Early evidence suggests that implementing such a 'joined-up' approach requires a framework which is more conducive to collaboration between the statutory, voluntary and community sectors than that which currently exists
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