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Although Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are the dominant form of metropolitan governance in... more Although Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are the dominant form of metropolitan governance in English city-regions, the current literature is surprisingly generalist. Nor have LEPs been placed within a larger theoretical framework. So, this paper focuses specifically on the West of England LEP and seeks to place it within one of two theories of metropolitan governance. Furthermore, the paper explores the extent to which the LEP model is perceived as effective by local leaders and what future they predict for the model.
The author sets out the two theories through which to analyse the LEP and a set of semi structured interviews were held with policy elites employed with the LEP and its partners. This author ultimately was able to place the West of England LEP within a competitive city interpretation of metropolitan governance and predict that the model has considerable staying power in the region, although the research did uncover remarkable continuity between earlier forms of metropolitan governance, as well as a mismatch between one partner and the remainder of the LEP. The paper concludes by exploring the role of policy transfer and discourse in the maintenance of the competitive city ethos and summarizes the findings of the research.
Although Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are the dominant form of metropolitan governance in... more Although Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are the dominant form of metropolitan governance in English city-regions, the current literature is surprisingly generalist. Nor have LEPs been placed within a larger theoretical framework. So, this paper focuses specifically on the West of England LEP and seeks to place it within one of two theories of metropolitan governance. Furthermore, the paper explores the extent to which the LEP model is perceived as effective by local leaders and what future they predict for the model.
The author sets out the two theories through which to analyse the LEP and a set of semi structured interviews were held with policy elites employed with the LEP and its partners. This author ultimately was able to place the West of England LEP within a competitive city interpretation of metropolitan governance and predict that the model has considerable staying power in the region, although the research did uncover remarkable continuity between earlier forms of metropolitan governance, as well as a mismatch between one partner and the remainder of the LEP. The paper concludes by exploring the role of policy transfer and discourse in the maintenance of the competitive city ethos and summarizes the findings of the research.