Marsden, G. orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-2793, Reardon, L., Campbell, M. et al. (2 more authors) (2024) Tightly Bound, Loosely Interpreted: Meta-Governance and Local Institutional Adaptation in the Implementation of the Smart Cities Mission India. Administration and Society. ISSN 0095-3997
Abstract
This paper explores the implementation of the Indian Government’s Smart Cities Mission in four cities. The Mission was to be delivered through a tightly specified governance form, known as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), although its function (smart urban renewal) was left more open. The national reform was, however, silent on how the SPV would work within the pre-existing network of actors. Using interviews and documentary analysis, the paper shows how the embedding of SPVs within pre-existing governance networks was strongly shaped by state-level decisions and local institutional dynamics. These insights open up new avenues for research into multi-level meta-governance.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | ||||
Keywords: | Smart Cities; special purpose vehicles; form; function; metagovernance | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Leeds | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications | ||||
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2024 09:43 | ||||
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2024 09:43 | ||||
Status: | Published online | ||||
Publisher: | SAGE | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997241237531 | ||||
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