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Partnerships for regeneration between the public, private and voluntary/community sectors constitute the ideological and operational heart of the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB). Extending the model of competitive bidding established by City Challenge, the SRB requires bid projects to reflect local interests through the representation and participation of a range of agencies spanning sectoral divisions. Whilst this approach has led to the creation of many new partnerships and new working methods, there is also concern that it has merely created a series of marriages of convenience between disparate factions.

Partnership working is not a new concept but a well-established vehicle for public policy formulation and implementation with a long and varied history. 1 The last 16 years, however, have seen a dramatic change in both the nature and number of partnerships as the enterprise culture has gained …