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100	1		_aLOWNDES, Vivien _96299
245	1	0	_aBetween rhetoric and reality : _bdoes the 2001 white paper reverse the centralising trend in Britain
260			_c2002
520	3		_aThis 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
773	0	8	_tLocal Government Studies _g28, 3, p. 135-147 _d, 2002 _w
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998			_a20030120 _bLucima _cLucimara
998			_a20060607 _b1214^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c10370 _d10370
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