Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions

A local government can use innovative governance practices to expand its jurisdictional capacity, thereby promoting local economic development. There are, however, legal and institutional impediments to the exercise of such innovative economic development policy. Using the subnational jurisdiction o...

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Autor principal:	Adam Grydehøj
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Politecnico di Torino 2013
Materias:	local government innovation economic development policy multilevel governance European Union good governance Shetland Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT101-395
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8e5678ea6ffd47e7ae9494276428dd31
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8e5678ea6ffd47e7ae9494276428dd312021-12-02T04:17:46ZChallenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions1650-9544https://doaj.org/article/8e5678ea6ffd47e7ae9494276428dd312013-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.nordregio.se/Global/EJSD/Refereed articles/refereed50.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1650-9544A local government can use innovative governance practices to expand its jurisdictional capacity, thereby promoting local economic development. There are, however, legal and institutional impediments to the exercise of such innovative economic development policy. Using the subnational jurisdiction of Shetland as a case study, this paper considers how local government innovation can be a key driver of economic development. Local government innovation can nevertheless become subject to legal challenges by authorities in the higher-level jurisdictions (Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the European Union in the case of Shetland). Community concerns related to standards of good governance can compound these difficulties, resulting in a significant decrease in democratic accountability and a weakening of the local government’s de facto capacity to plan and implement policy. Before local governments can make the most of multilevel governance, local communities and high-lever jurisdictions must re-assess standards of legitimacy for local government functions and structures.Adam GrydehøjPolitecnico di Torinoarticlelocal government innovationeconomic development policymultilevel governanceEuropean Uniongood governanceShetlandUrban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395ENEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, Vol April, Iss 50 (2013)
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spellingShingle	local government innovation economic development policy multilevel governance European Union good governance Shetland Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT101-395 Adam Grydehøj Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions
description	A local government can use innovative governance practices to expand its jurisdictional capacity, thereby promoting local economic development. There are, however, legal and institutional impediments to the exercise of such innovative economic development policy. Using the subnational jurisdiction of Shetland as a case study, this paper considers how local government innovation can be a key driver of economic development. Local government innovation can nevertheless become subject to legal challenges by authorities in the higher-level jurisdictions (Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the European Union in the case of Shetland). Community concerns related to standards of good governance can compound these difficulties, resulting in a significant decrease in democratic accountability and a weakening of the local government’s de facto capacity to plan and implement policy. Before local governments can make the most of multilevel governance, local communities and high-lever jurisdictions must re-assess standards of legitimacy for local government functions and structures.
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title	Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions
title_short	Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions
title_full	Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions
title_fullStr	Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions
title_full_unstemmed	Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions
title_sort	challenges to local government innovation: legal and institutional impediments to the exercise of innovative economic development policy by subnational jurisdictions
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publishDate	2013
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Challenges to Local Government Innovation: Legal and Institutional Impediments to the Exercise of Innovative Economic Development Policy by Subnational Jurisdictions

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