Title
Evaluating Local Partnership Incentive Policies: A Realist Approach
Abstract
Current research tells little about how to assess the public incentive policies designed to persuade local governments to set up partnerships. This first paper of ongoing research illustrates an evaluation method based on the 'realist approach', the tenets of which assign a key role to the context in which the mechanisms of a public programme work or not. The evaluation framework is intended to be a tool to assist and inform future policymaking and practice. The paper provides a picture of the current scientific debate by exploring the relevant literature; outlines a research path aimed at building an empirically-based model for assessing public policies to promote and support local partnerships in the Italian Region of Sardinia; and indicates a possible context of use for the theory through an illustrative example.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.4018/jegr.2011100102
IJEGR
Keywords
Field
DocType
evaluation method,public programme work,current scientific debate,local partnership incentive policies,local government,evaluation framework,public policy,ongoing research,current research,realist approach,research path,public incentive policy,implementation,governance
Corporate governance,Inter-municipal cooperation,Incentive,Sociology,Public relations,Local government,Public policy,General partnership
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
4
1548-3886
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maddalena Sorrentino115617.87
Alessandro Spano200.34
Benedetta Bellò300.34