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100	1		_aGAINS, Francesca _924161
245	1	0	_aNarratives and dilemmas of local bureaucratic elites : _bwhitehall at the coal face?
260			_aMalden, MA : _bBlackwell, _cMarch 2009
520	3		_aThe worlds of local bureaucrats are under researched and under theorized compared with those of civil servants in core executives. Yet local bureaucratic elites, sitting as they do between central states and localities, are key actors in governance networks. In England, the role and responsibilities of local bureaucratic elites has been transformed since the days of professionalized officers heading departmental structures reporting to committees, firstly by NPM and politicization in the 1980s and 1990s and, more recently, by political management reform introducing a separation of powers. Drawing on interviews in 15 local authorities, this paper examines the changing narratives and dilemmas of local government elites. In particular it explores, but argues against, early expectations that the creation of an elected executive, with considerable devolution of decision-making responsibilities to individual cabinet member councillors, has meant a move closer to the logics of the 'Whitehall mandarin' tradition by local government chief officers.
773	0	8	_tPublic Administration: an international quarterly _g87, 1, p. 50-64 _dMalden, MA : Blackwell, March 2009 _xISSN 00333298 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c30197 _d30197
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