Public management in an age of complexity: regional economic development in Canada

Charles Conteh

21 citations0/0 files storedInternational Journal of Public Sector Management

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration in Developing Nations Regional Development and Policy

Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to analyze the opportunities and challenges of public policy governance in industrialized democracies in the context of a globally integrated economy on the one hand and institutional decentralization on the other. The implications of these transitions suggest the need for horizontal collaboration and coordination between policy stakeholders (domestic and international) as well as among agencies across various levels of government. The case of regional economic development policy governance in Canada over the past two decades illustrates some of the complexities of public, private and community partnerships in policy governance as the country seeks to maintain and enlarge its niche in the global economy. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through content analysis of policy and program documents relating to regional economic development in Canada, as well as in‐depth interviews of about 15 public officials directly involved in the administration of the policy. Findings The comparative analysis of regional economic development policy governance in two Canadian provinces over the past two decades illustrates some of the complexities of public, private and community partnerships in policy governance as the country seeks to maintain and enlarge its niche in the global economy. Originality/value The paper is based on an original research undertaken by the author and raises critical questions about the changing context of public management in an age of increasing globalization of economies and societies. It also addresses the distinct challenges of managing multi‐level systems in the face of the added complexities brought about by global integration.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 21 citations exist upstream.

References

2000Research on Policy Implementation: Assessment and Prospects 1996Analyzing and Managing Policy Processes in Complex Networks 2000Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice 2006In Defence of Globalization 1998Public Policy in Canada: An Introduction 2002Knowledge, Clusters and Regional Innovation: Economic Development in Canada 2008Creative Regions

Cited by

2017Synergies between critical success factors of Lean Six Sigma and public values 2017Insights into Kenya’s public sector innovation: the case of managers 2013L’administration publique dans la gouvernance multiniveau infranationale : état de la question et perspectives

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.