I had seen the origins of the current joined up strategies as lying in EU policies in the 80s/early
90s under Delors. The anti exclusion/social development/poverty programmes of that time all
promoted partnership, cross sector working etc etc. In parallel were the ambitious French
urban social development/anti-exclusion/DSQ programmes under Mitterrand. I can't find much
new in the British programmes gvien this history, it's just great that they are now high profile
instead of sidelined as they were pre 1997. The French called their approach Action Globale, I
don't recall a term like joined up thinking. I've written about the ideas and some of the issues in
IDS Bulletin 28(2) April 1997 (available from the Institute of Development Studies at University
of Sussex).
Crescy Cannan
University of Sussex
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