Abstract
This article presents a new and innovative framework to help analyse policy-making and depoliticisation within subnational governance arrangements. By focusing on the capacity (not the autonomy) of subnational governments to achieve their political objectives, and incorporating external actors along both the vertical and horizontal dimensions, it provides a dynamic tool to understand the extent to which municipal governments influence local policy-making processes. Furthermore, it stresses that greater ‘localism’ (or independence) between vertical tiers of government is likely to weaken subnational bodies and result in them becoming more interdependent with (or even dependent on) horizontal non-state actors within the locality. This would weaken their position in local governance arrangements and exacerbate the depoliticised nature of decision-making.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 76-90 |
| Journal | Policy Studies |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 23 May 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2017 |
Bibliographical note
© 2016 The Author(s).Keywords
- depoliticisation
- intergovernmental relations
- localism
- multi-level governance
- organisational capacity
- policy analysis
- policy-making
- power dependency
- Subnational government