Between rhetoric and reality : does the 2001 white paper reverse the centralising trend in Britain
By: LOWNDES, Vivien.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: 2002Local Government Studies 28, 3, p. 135-147Abstract: This article assesses the government's claim that the White Paper, Strong Local Leadership - Quality Public Services (2001), reverses the centralising trend of the previous 20 years. It is argued that the `confessions and concessions' of the White Paper do not actually represent a reduction of centralism or any enhancement of local government autonomy. Where controls are relaxed, these are primarily managerial rather than political; delivery rather than democracy is the primary focus of attention. Increasingly sophisticated approaches to performance managemnt signal both a new form of centralism and a challenge to the traditional bilateral model of central-local relationsItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This article assesses the government's claim that the White Paper, Strong Local Leadership - Quality Public Services (2001), reverses the centralising trend of the previous 20 years. It is argued that the `confessions and concessions' of the White Paper do not actually represent a reduction of centralism or any enhancement of local government autonomy. Where controls are relaxed, these are primarily managerial rather than political; delivery rather than democracy is the primary focus of attention. Increasingly sophisticated approaches to performance managemnt signal both a new form of centralism and a challenge to the traditional bilateral model of central-local relations
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