Abstract
This paper examines the leadership of places – cities, regions, communities – in Australia, Finland, Germany, Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom and explores the capacity of vignettes to generate new, theoretical and empirical insights. It uses vignettes to identify the features of place leadership evident in 12 case studies across six nations. The research finds significant commonalities in place leadership with respect to the importance attached to boundary spanning, the role of government officials in responding to the prospect of regional decline or growth and how the nature of the challenge confronting a locality determines the adequacy of the response.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 171-182 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Regional Studies |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 4 Apr 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- place leadership
- cross-national
- economic transition
- regional economic development
- vignette
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Professor Sarah A Ayres
- School for Policy Studies - Professor of Public Policy and Governance
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
- Centre for Urban and Public Policy Research
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