Public value, institutional logics and practice variation during austerity localism at Newcastle City Council

Between coercion and consent: the politics of “Cooperative Governance” at a time of “Austerity Localism” in London

At a time of “austerity localism”, this paper explores how local authorities in London, England, are simultaneously addressing the dual pressures of delivering fiscal retrenchment and of enrolling citizens in new participatory public service arrangements, asking whether “these trends pull against one another, in opposite directions, or whether they are the tough and tender dimensions of a singu...

Arts Council England and Public Value: A Critical Review

Working for the public health: politics, localism and epistemologies of practice.

The recent move of public health back to English local government has reignited debates about the role of a medicalised public health profession. The explicit policy rationale for the move was that local government is the arena in which the social determinants of health can be addressed, and that public health specialists could provide neutral evidence to support action on these. However, if a ...

Frequency of orthodontic malpractice cases and verdicts filed at the Iranian Medical Council during 1994-2004

Frequency of orthodontic malpractice cases and verdicts filed at the Iranian Medical Council during 1994-2004 Dr. Akhoundi, M.S.* - Dr. Kharrazi Fard, M.J.** - Dr. Rahmatian, SH.***- Dr. Chalipa, J.****- Dr. Hosseini MH.****  *Associate Professor of Orthodontics Dept., Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University / Medical Sciences. **Dentist, Statistical Editor. ***Dentist. *Assistant Professor of ...

Institutional Logics and Institutional Pluralism : The Contestation of Care and

We are grateful for the many scholars and medical practitioners who helped with our research. We thank the editor, Mauro Guillén, three anonymous reviewers who helped to substantially improve the paper, the participants of the EGOS 2007 Subtheme on Professions, the Boston College Research Workshop 2008, and the following people who provided helpful comments on prior drafts of our paper: Forrest...