Navigating social partnerships: central agencies-local networks
Author(s)
Seddon, T
Billett, S
Clemans, A
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2005
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This paper considers the way social partnerships tend to be represented as either horizontal localised networks or neo-liberal policy instruments. Building on two empirical studies of partnerships, we argue that partnerships cannot be understood in either/or ways but are negotiated at the interface between central agencies and local networks. They are mediated by networks operating through the partnership and through government and community, and by the different organisational logics of agencies. These complexities challenge our ways of analysing and representing partnerships, and justify further research.This paper considers the way social partnerships tend to be represented as either horizontal localised networks or neo-liberal policy instruments. Building on two empirical studies of partnerships, we argue that partnerships cannot be understood in either/or ways but are negotiated at the interface between central agencies and local networks. They are mediated by networks operating through the partnership and through government and community, and by the different organisational logics of agencies. These complexities challenge our ways of analysing and representing partnerships, and justify further research.
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Journal Title
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Volume
26
Issue
5
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© 2005 Taylor & Francis. Use hypertext link for access to the journal's website.
Subject
Specialist studies in education
Other Education
Sociology