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Since 1997 the New Labour Government have introduced a number of significant (and potentially far reaching) reforms to the governance of Britain. They include the creation of a parliament in Scotland, assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland, an elected mayor and assembly in Greater London and development agencies and assemblies in the English regions. At the same time reforms to the structure and decision-making at local authority level have been introduced. The changes to local government decision making with the option of directly elected mayors or cabinet style leadership have, to some extent, been overshadowed by the formation of Local Strategic Partnerships. The Government has announced its intention to legislate for referenda on the creation of directly elected regional assemblies. This article reflects upon the unresolved issues, which this latest proposal highlights. In particular, it examines the extent to which directly elected assemblies have the potential to redress the democratic deficit at local and regional levels. It suggests that the model on offer cannot be imposed without a significant renegotiation of the political, economic, organisational and social settlement at the local level. A regional level of decision-making leaves unanswered the complexities of arrangements at the local and sub-regional levels. The article draws upon the experience of the North East and North West where competing city regions and the needs of rural areas may conflict with the concept of a known and recognised region.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Vulnerability: A complex and contradictory concept for 'public good' -- Chapter 3. The changing role of universities in society: Key influences -- Chapter 4. The role of the university in the vulnerability agenda -- Chapter 5. Mechanisms for addressing Vulnerability: Giving voice to the vulnerable? -- Chapter 6. Two NE of England case studies-Northumbria and Teesside -- Chapter 7. Conclusion:-Future role of universities in vulnerability.

1 Introduction: Contested Perspectives on Vulnerability: Which Groups Are Vulnerable and Why? -- 2 Beyond Public Services: The Era of New Public Populism -- 3 The Impact of Brexit on Vulnerability: Using a Theoretical Lens of Transnational and Local Linkages -- 4 Vulnerability a Collective or Individual/Agency Issue? Has Vulnerability Replaced Community Safety in the UK and Are We Stigmatising the Individual? -- 5 Responding to Vulnerability in Practice -- Ambulance, Police and Fire and Rescue Services -- 6 Professional Vulnerability in the UK Public Sector: The Social Work Operational Environment -- 7 Virtually Vulnerable: Why Digital Technology Challenges the Fundamental Concepts of Vulnerability and Risk -- 8 Relational Pressure and Policing Vulnerable Populations in China -- 9 UK Immigration Policy: Asylum Seeker and Refugee Vulnerability -- 10 Responding to Ageing Demographics: A Positive View from a Public Administration and Public Policy Perspective -- 11 The Important Voices of Care Experienced People in Relation to Services -- 12 Lesson Drawing for Theory, Policy and Practice: Developing a Future Research Agenda -- Index.

This ebook, delving into the institutional and procedural contingency shaping the evolution of managerial arrangements across Europe, contains four articles on national configurations, one comparative paper, and one conceptual contribution. The papers included in this ebook provide us with illustrative examples of the rich range of the variation in medical hybridization that is, and in some cases, is not going on within the hospitals across Europe. The 'managerialisation' in hospital care that has blurred the boundaries between medicine, management and clinical leadership exhibits a national c

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