Partnership diversity and governance culture: Evidence from urban regeneration policies in Portugal

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Isabel Breda Vázquez (Author) FEUP; Paulo Conceição (Author) FEUP; Ruben Fernandes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Urban Studies

Vol. 43 No. 10

Pages: 2213-2238

ISSN: 0042-0980

Publisher: SAGE

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Other social sciences

CORDIS: Social sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-GKE

DOI: 10.1177/0042098009339433

Abstract (EN): Debates on urban regeneration highlight the processes of mobilisation of public and private agents and the diversity of models of partnership. This paper focuses on the relationship between the diversity of partnerships and the processes of institutional change, and discusses the role played by governance culture. By looking at the case of Portugal, it explores a plurality of episodes of policy experimentation and actor¿network practices. The results show that it is dif¿ cult to build general transformative processes when using speci¿ c innovative experiences as a basis. Sectoral institutional agendas and practices make it dif¿ cult to establish enduring processes of cross-fertilisation¿ for institutional and policy learning and innovation. Governance culture has a constraining in¿ uence. In such a context, the issue of the fragmentation of urban policy becomes crucial and the role of an urban policy that establishes the conditions in which innovation can occur seems to be particularly relevant..

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 26