Localism partnerships as informal associations: The work of the Rural Urban Synthesis Society and Lewisham Council within austerity,Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

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Localism partnerships as informal associations: The work of the Rural Urban Synthesis Society and Lewisham Council within austerity
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers ( IF 3.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 , DOI: 10.1111/tran.12412
Shaun SK Teo ₁

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This paper frames a critical evaluation of the progressive aspirations of localism partnerships by conceptualising them as informal associations. I show how the selective limitations and affordances of the Localism Act and its related policies necessitated and enabled direct, deliberative encounters, and pragmatic working between the Rural Urban Synthesis Society and its local authority, Lewisham Council. These practices allowed them to co‐produce a precedent for community‐led affordable housing development in London, as well as contribute to the growth of the sector. Informal associations are thus both means and end. They enable innovative articulations of localism and underpin a broader, ongoing project of progressive localism. They also form the conceptual basis for future research to delve more deeply and widely into analyses of localism partnerships and their relationalities to the institutions in which they are embedded. Within the vagarious and incoherent institutional landscape of austerity, informal associations invoke a local politics which embraces collaborative, direct experimentation between state agents and societal actors, working with uncertainty in planning to achieve progressive developmental and governance outcomes.

中文翻译：

作为非正式协会的地方主义伙伴关系：紧缩政策下的农村城市综合协会和刘易舍姆委员会的工作

本文通过将地方合作伙伴关系概念化为非正式协会，对其进行了批判性评估。我将展示《地方主义法案》及其相关政策的选择性局限性和可负担性，如何使农村城市综合协会与地方当局刘易舍姆委员会之间进行直接的协商性会谈，并进行务实的工作。这些实践使他们能够共同为伦敦社区主导的经济适用房开发开创先例，并为该行业的发展做出贡献。因此，非正式的联系既是手段，也是目的。它们使地方主义的创新表达成为可能，并为正在进行的进步的地方主义项目奠定了基础。它们还构成了未来研究的概念基础，从而可以更深入，更深入地研究本地主义伙伴关系及其与所处机构的关系。在各种紧缩的，不协调的紧缩机构环境中，非正式协会援引一种地方政治，其中包括国家机构和社会行为者之间的合作，直接试验，并在规划中不确定性地努力以取得渐进的发展和治理成果。

更新日期：2020-09-12

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