Partnership and Policy Networks in Rural Local Governance: Homelessness in Taunton

An article on a local authority-brokered partnership which brought together business, voluntary and community agancies to tackle the problem of begging and drunkenness among homeless people in Taunton town centre. The paper finds that the council's decision to adopt a partnership approach was motivated by a desire to limit calls on spending, and to deflect public criticism if the initiative failed.