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Foreword |
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Introduction |
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PART I Wicked issues and relationalism |
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1 Using relationalism to navigate wicked issues: investing for a `relational dividend'? |
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21 | (20) |
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2 Relationalism, wicked issues and social determinants of health |
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41 | (15) |
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3 Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a sociopolitical perspective |
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56 | (14) |
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4 Giving children the best start in life? |
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70 | (13) |
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PART II Regionalism and geopolitical environments |
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83 | (68) |
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5 Levelling up in the North and North-East England: complex and fragmented governance and the new National Health Service and local government partnerships |
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87 | (13) |
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6 UK local council strategies post-COVID-19: the local economy, climate change and community wellbeing |
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100 | (14) |
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7.1 Case study: Racism and xenophobia-America's deadly pre-existing conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic's first year |
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114 | (37) |
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7.2 Case study: Safe at home? Exploring intersecting vulnerabilities under COVID-19 and the role of faith actors in the South African context |
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125 | (8) |
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7.3 Case study: COVID-19 and increased vulnerabilities to human trafficking and modern slavery - perspectives from India and Nepal |
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133 | (10) |
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7.4 Case study: COVID-19 and governing for health and wellbeing in New Zealand - putting communities at the centre |
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143 | (8) |
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PART III Public sector, COVID-19 and culture change |
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151 | (90) |
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8 The changing context of public governance and the need for innovation and creating public value |
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155 | (15) |
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9 The effect of COVID-19 on the financial sustainability of local government |
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170 | (22) |
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10 UN sustainability goals and social value: local authority perspectives |
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192 | (18) |
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11 Housing policy and provision after COVID-19 |
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210 | (20) |
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12 Employment and support |
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230 | (11) |
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241 | (66) |
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13 Relational collaboration and innovation in responding to need and austerity: food banks |
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245 | (13) |
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14 Volunteering and small charities |
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258 | (10) |
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15 Creating added value: the third sector, local and national government working together to address domestic abuse |
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268 | (14) |
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16 Wicked issues: a faith-based perspective |
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282 | (25) |
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PART V The case for relationalism |
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307 | (26) |
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17.1 Case study: A relationalism exemplar |
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309 | (3) |
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17.2 Case study: Housing and homelessness |
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312 | (7) |
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17.3 Case study: Environmental planning in a post-COVID-19 world |
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319 | (7) |
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17.4 Case study: Central England Co-operative society |
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326 | (7) |
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PART VI Engagement and proposed changes |
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333 | (59) |
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18 Soft and hard measures in optimising wellbeing through procurement, commissioning and partnering |
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338 | (13) |
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19 Relational procurement: translating lessons learned from large infrastructural projects |
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351 | (15) |
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20 The impact of `the lost decade' on developing a relational culture in public-private partnering |
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366 | (10) |
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21 When the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable: has the moment arrived for the wholesale adoption of relationism? |
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376 | (16) |
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Conclusion |
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Appendix |
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Index |
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