Management Change in Local Governance

Abstract

This chapter discusses findings from research into management change in local governance. Its distinctive contribution to the literature on management change lies in:

• linking levels of analysis, through an exploration of change in management ideas, management within individual organisations, and the management of interorganisational networks;

• analysing the political implications of management change, through an exploration of consequences for local citizenship and democracy;

• developing new theoretical tools for analysing management change, through an exploration of the utility of ‘new institutionalism’.