Miscellaneous Frontmatter

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vii

List of figures and tables

pp viii-ix

Notes on contributors

pp x-xxv

Foreword

pp xxvi-xxviii

Introduction

pp 1-16

Part I - Wicked issues and relationalism

pp 17-20

1 - Using relationalism to navigate wicked issues: investing for a ‘relational dividend’?

pp 21-40

2 - Relationalism, wicked issues and social determinants of health

pp 41-55

3 - Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a sociopolitical perspective

pp 56-69

4 - Giving children the best start in life?

pp 70-82

Part II - Regionalism and geopolitical environments

pp 83-86

5 - Levelling up in the North and North-East England: complex and fragmented governance and the new National Health Service and local government partnerships

pp 87-99

6 - UK local council strategies post-COVID-19: the local economy, climate change and community wellbeing

pp 100-113

7.1 - Case study: Racism and xenophobia – America’s deadly pre-existing conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first year

pp 114-124

7.2 - Case study: Safe at home? Exploring intersecting vulnerabilities under COVID-19 and the role of faith actors in the South African context

pp 125-132

7.3 - Case study: COVID-19 and increased vulnerabilities to human trafficking and modern slavery – perspectives from India and Nepal

pp 133-142

7.4 - Case study: COVID-19 and governing for health and wellbeing in New Zealand – putting communities at the centre

pp 143-150

Part III - Public sector, COVID-19 and culture change

pp 151-154

8 - The changing context of public governance and the need for innovation and creating public value

pp 155-169

9 - The effect of COVID-19 on the financial sustainability of local government

pp 170-191

10 - UN sustainability goals and social value: local authority perspectives

pp 192-209

11 - Housing policy and provision after COVID-19

pp 210-229

12 - Employment and support

pp 230-240

Part IV - The third sector

pp 241-244

13 - Relational collaboration and innovation in responding to need and austerity: food banks

pp 245-257

14 - Volunteering and small charities

pp 258-267

15 - Creating added value: the third sector, local and national government working together to address domestic abuse

pp 268-281

16 - Wicked issues: a faith-based perspective

pp 282-306