Debating the value of twinning in the United Kingdom: the need for a broader perspective.

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

British Politics Pub Date : 2021-03-09 DOI:10.1057/s41293-021-00163-x

Holly Eva Ryan, Caterina Mazzilli

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Abstract

The twinning model has been used to develop a wide array of political, economic and cultural relationships that connect communities and institutions in the United Kingdom with counterparts overseas. However, where local governments were once among the most ardent promoters of twinning, years of austerity coupled with changing processes of financial rationalisation, have led many councils to question the value of these relationships. Today, fewer British local authorities are taking up new twinnings and some have even been involved in a process of quiet 'untwinning'. This paper takes pause to examine what might be lost with this set of changes-it asks: just what is of value of twinning? Taking a cue from ongoing debates in the field of cultural policy studies, it advocates for a broadening and deepening of the operational concept of 'public value' to better account for the manifold ways that twinning can deliver pro-social benefits to British communities and their partners.

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辩论英国双胞胎的价值:需要一个更广阔的视角

结对模式已被用于发展一系列广泛的政治、经济和文化关系，将英国的社区和机构与海外同行联系起来。然而，在地方政府曾经是最热心的结对支持者的地方，多年的紧缩加上不断变化的财政合理化进程，已导致许多地方议会质疑这种关系的价值。如今，越来越少的英国地方政府接受新的双胞胎，有些地方甚至参与了悄悄“拆散双胞胎”的过程。这篇论文停下来研究了这一系列变化可能带来的损失——它问：什么是双胞胎的价值？从文化政策研究领域正在进行的辩论中得到启示，它提倡扩大和深化“公共价值”的操作概念，以更好地解释结对可以为英国社区及其合作伙伴提供亲社会利益的多种方式。

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British Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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2.40

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： British Politics offers the only forum explicitly designed to promote research in British political studies, and seeks to provide a counterweight to the growing fragmentation of this field during recent years. To this end, the journal aims to promote a more holistic understanding of British politics by encouraging a closer integration between theoretical and empirical research, between historical and contemporary analyses, and by fostering a conception of British politics as a broad and multi-disciplinary field of study. This incorporates a range of sub-fields, including psephology, policy analysis, regional studies, comparative politics, institutional analysis, political theory, political economy, historical analysis, cultural studies and social policy. While recognising the validity and the importance of research into specific aspects of British politics, the journal takes it to be a guiding principle that such research is more useful, and indeed meaningful, if it is related to the field of British politics in a broader and fuller sense. The scope of the journal will therefore be broad, incorporating a range of research papers and review articles from all theoretical perspectives, and on all aspects of British politics, including policy developments, institutional change and political behaviour. Priority will, however, be given to contributions which link contemporary developments in British politics to theoretical and/or historical analyses. The aim is as much to encourage the development of empirical research that is theoretically rigorous and informed, as it is to encourage the empirical application of theoretical work (or at least to encourage theorists to explicitly signify how their work could be applied in an empirical manner).