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100	1		_aSTOKER, G _910375
245	1	0	_aLife is a lottery : _bnew labour's strategy for the reform of devolved governance
260			_c2002
520	3		_aDrawing on insights from grid-group cultural theory the article argues that New Labour's approach to government units beyond Westminster and Whitehall rests on a fatalistic readin of its environment that specifies its key features in terms of low-trust relationships and a lack of predictability about the success of a range of potential reforms. New Labour's response in these circumstances resembles that of strategy based on the principles of a lottery. The strategy has allowed a plethora of decentralization units and reform initiatives to find favour but none to dominate. The article explores the nature of this strategy, how it was established and the prospects for its maintenance. The key point is not that New Labour's policies have been ad hoc or even that they have been confused. Rather, its policies are a chosen course of action aimed at searching for the right reform formula and creating a dynamic for change by encourangng instability but also space for innovation among the institutions of devolved governance. The strategy is aimed at an overarching goal of developing an enabling state form.The adoption of the strategy, in addition, reflects political contingencies. Moreover, the lottery strategy has helped New Labour sustain its colatition of supporters and manage tensions between different reform approaches
773	0	8	_tPublic Administration an International Quarterly _g80, 3, p. 417-434 _d, 2002 _w
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998			_a20030211 _bLucima _cLucimara
998			_a20060731 _b1127^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c11159 _d11159
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