Beschreibung:
This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making.
1. Introduction 2. Public Enterprise and Local Entrepreneurship in Europe and Beyond 3. Local Government Partnerships, Economic Development and Enterprise 4. Place and Place-Making 5. Public Enterprise, Innovation and Collaboration 6. The Enterprising Local State? 7. Towards a Model of the New Public Enterprise 8. Conclusions and Future Directions