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Hybridizing the institutional logics of performance improvement and budgetary stewardship in English and Welsh local government

Ferry, L.; Eckersley, P.

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P. Eckersley



Abstract

This article introduces and applies a three-stage process to show how advocates of the conflicting institutional logics of budgetary stewardship and performance improvement in English and Welsh local authorities created a hybrid logic. Drawing on interviews with officers in 25 councils, it demonstrates how cooperative working environments meant that hybridization proceeded largely ‘peacefully’, in contrast to previous studies of more competitive contexts that found it occurs on a ‘battlefield’. We argue that the nature of conflict within the hybridization process, along with the power dynamics between representatives of different logics, shapes the nature and sustainability of the resulting hybrid.

Citation

Ferry, L., & Eckersley, P. (2020). Hybridizing the institutional logics of performance improvement and budgetary stewardship in English and Welsh local government. Public Policy and Administration, 35(1), 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076718781433

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 16, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 12, 2018
Publication Date Jan 1, 2020
Deposit Date May 25, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Public Policy and Administration
Print ISSN 0952-0767
Electronic ISSN 1749-4192
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 35
Issue 1
Pages 45-64
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076718781433
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1358270

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Ferry, L. and Eckersley P. (2018), Hybridizing the institutional logics of performance improvement and budgetary stewardship in English and Welsh local government., Public Policy and Administration, (First Published June 12, 2018) Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.





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