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100	1		_920525 _aLaffin, Martin
245	1	0	_aLocal government modernisation in England : _ba critical review of the LGMA evaluation studies
260			_aBirmingham : _bTaylor & Francis, _cFebruary 2008
520	3		_aNew Labour has subjected English local government to an unparalleled period of reform. This article reviews the Local Government Modernisation Agenda evaluation studies commissioned by central government. The review identifies valuable insights from the studies into the contemporary state of English local government, central government and central-local relations. However, the studies also illustrate the need for research on public service reform to include analyses of the political origins of reform policies and the political-bureaucratic issues involved in their implementation. It is also argued that future research needs to rediscover the value of studying local politics 'in the round', the impact of socio-economic and non-local factors on local policy outcomes and the role of new sources of policy influence in the channels of central-local relations.
773	0	8	_tLocal Government Studies _g34, 1, p. 109-125 _dBirmingham : Taylor & Francis, February 2008 _xISSN 03003930 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c29682 _d29682
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