Implementing the Third Way : the delivery of public services under the Blair government
By: LEE, Simon; WOODWARD, Richard
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, October-December 2002Public Money & Management 22, 4, p. 49-56Abstract: This article focuses on the implementation of the Blair governments' agenda for the delivery of public services in England. A distinctive approach to policy is identified which has effectively nationalized the implementation process in England. This has been achieved by a move from negotiated discretion towards centralized prescription in resource allocation by the Treasury; the construction of a 'new center' for joinedup and integrated policymaking; and the application of the principle of 'earned autonomy' to the delivery of public services' reform. Devolution has been confined to the delegation of responsibility for delivering services within a centrallydefined national framework
This article focuses on the implementation of the Blair governments' agenda for the delivery of public services in England. A distinctive approach to policy is identified which has effectively nationalized the implementation process in England. This has been achieved by a move from negotiated discretion towards centralized prescription in resource allocation by the Treasury; the construction of a 'new center' for joinedup and integrated policymaking; and the application of the principle of 'earned autonomy' to the delivery of public services' reform. Devolution has been confined to the delegation of responsibility for delivering services within a centrallydefined national framework
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