Main description:

Health and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have been exacerbated by central government-imposed austerity budgeting by local authorities and the health service.
This book, part of the Social Determinants of Health series, extends the ideas developed in the previous volumes by reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on local and national governance from the perspectives of public health, social care and economic development.
Drawing on case studies from across the UK and beyond, it explores the pandemic and other 'wicked' issues including climate change, homelessness, unemployment and domestic abuse through the lens of relationalism, and proposes necessary system changes.

Contents:

Foreword ~ Richard Smith
Introduction ~ Adrian Bonner
Part I: Wicked issues and relationalism ~ Adrian Bonner
1. Using relationalism to navigate wicked issues: investing for a 'relational dividend'? ~ Richard Simmons
2. Relationalism, wicked issues and social determinants of health ~ Adrian Bonner
3. Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a sociopolitical perspective ~ David Hunter
4. Giving children the best start in life? ~ Edward Kunonga, Brighton Chireka, Tsitsi Chawatama
Part II: Regionalism and geopolitical environments ~ Adrian Bonner
5. Levelling up in the North and North- East England: complex and fragmented governance and the new National Health Service and local government partnerships ~ John Shutt
6. UK local council strategies post COVID- 19: the local economy, climate change and community wellbeing ~ Manuel Abellan
7.1 Case study: Racism and xenophobia: America's deadly preexisting conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic's first year ~ Joanna Sharpless and Annie Dell
7.2 Case study: Safe at home? Exploring intersecting vulnerabilities under COVID-19 and the role of faith actors in the South African context ~ Selina Palm
7.3 Case study: COVID-19 and increased vulnerabilities to human trafficking and modern slavery: perspectives from India and Nepal ~ Tribeni Gurung, Nishan Lo, Lalliankunga and Vijaya Lama
7.4 Case study: COVID-19 and governing for health and wellbeing in New Zealand: putting communities at the centre ~ Peter Mckinlay and Anna Matheson
Part III: Public sector, COVID- 19 and culture change ~ Mike Bennett
8. Changing context of public governance and the need for innovation and creating public value ~ Joyce Liddle
9. The effect of COVID- 19 on the financial sustainability of local government ~ Aileen Murphie
10. UN Sustainability Goals and social value: local authority perspectives ~ Rob Whiteman, Tim Reade and Dave Ayre
11. Housing policy and provision after COVID- 19 ~ Peter Murphy
12. Employment and support ~ Elizabeth Taylor, Andrew Morton and Annie Dell
Part IV: The third sector ~ Clare Bonham
13. Relational collaboration and innovation in responding to need and austerity: food banks ~ Alex Murdock
14. Volunteering and small charities ~ Chris O'Leary and Rita Chadha
15. Creating added value: the third sector, local and national government approaches to address domestic abuse ~ Emily Hodge
16. Wicked issues: a faith- based perspective ~ Drew McCombe and Dean Pallant
PART V The case for relationalism ~ Richard Smith
17.1 Case study: A relationalism exemplar ~ Richard Smith
17.2 Case study: Housing and homelessness ~ Adam Cunnington
17.3 Case study: Environmental planning in a post-COVID-19 world ~ Nigel Saunders
17.4 Case study: Central England Co-operative society ~ Luke Olly and Hannah Gallimore
PART VI Engagement and proposed changes
Introduction ~ Richard Smith
18. Soft and hard measures in optimising wellbeing through procurement, commissioning and partnering ~ Mark Cook
19. Relational procurement: translating lessons learned from large infrastructural projects ~ Mike Bresnen, Sarah-Jane Lennie and Nick Marshall
20. The impact of 'the lost decade' on developing a relational culture in public- private partnering ~ Michael Burton
21. When the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable: has the moment arrived for the wholesale adoption of relationism? ~ Nigel Ball
Conclusion ~ Adrian Bonner
Appendix: The Centre for Partnering