[A 5:47 minute video hosted on YouTube. English subtitles can be turned on if required]
This is the first video in a series providing an understanding of local level policy practice and its development.
I hope that you find it provides a helpful way of thinking about the purpose of policy practice and its relationship to other practices at a local government level.
I look forward to our discussions.
References and further reading
The video itself is reference free, but I would like to acknowledge that I have used ideas from the following sources as well as my own research. I would recommend the texts as further reading too.
On perspectives and accounts of policy and the policy process
- Colebatch, H. (2009) Policy. Third Edition. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press
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Sabatier, P. A. and Weible, C. M. (eds) (2014) Theories of the policy process. Third Edition. Boulder, Colorado, USA: Westview Press.
On the function and centralisation of English local government
- Copus, C., Roberts, M. and Wall, R. (2017) Local government in England: Centralisation, autonomy and control. Google Play sample. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
On practice and practice development
- Mahon, K., Francisco, S. and Kemmis, S. (eds) (2017) Exploring education and professional practice. Singapore: Springer.
>>Next in series: What is local policy practice? (Part Two)
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