What is it about?
A variety of bodies have tried to drive economic growth and create jobs in the English regions that they operate. To a greater or lesser degree, they have all intended to be “employer-led” – which means they are run by boards of directors comprised mainly of appointed senior members of the “local business community”. The theory goes that these people are best placed to understand the employment needs of the local area and how to direct regional investments.
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Why is it important?
Representativeness is a fundamental feature of civic democracy, but not so in the business world.
Perspectives
It is important that decisions about economic priorities are representative of the stakeholders of the decision.
Richard Meredith
University of Greenwich
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This page is a summary of: Local employer engagement or distant elites? Local enterprise partnerships and employment and skills in England, Journal of Education and Work, November 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2019.1572109.
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