The New Management of British Local Governance
Published on 2. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVI, 312 pages
978-0-333-72816-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a detailed analysis of the new management of public services at the local level, drawing on the work of the ESRC Local Governance Programme. The radical transformation of public service delivery is assessed in terms of its overall impact as well as its operation in particular service areas. Efficiency has improved and services have gained a user focus yet the new management appears to be full of contradictions and distortions, in many respects creating as many problems as it solves.
Reviews / Votes
'[A] well integrated...[and] clear assessment of the impact of New Public Management, informed by in-depth analysis of a range of initiatives in a variety of contexts.' - David Wilson, Parliamentary AffairsMore details
Series
Edition
1999
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
437 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-72816-1 (9780333728161)
Schweitzer Classification
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Gerry Stoker
The New Management of British Local Governance
Book
05/1999
St. Martin's Press
€84.82
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Gerry Stoker
The New Management of British Local Governance
Book
02/1999
Palgrave Macmillan
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Gerry Stoker
The New Management of British Local Governance
Book
02/1999
Palgrave Macmillan
€22.31
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Person
GERRY STOKER is Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde. He was Programme Director of the five-year ESRC Local Governance Research Programme (1992-7) and a member of The Commission for Local Democracy (1993-6). In 1996 he was a founding member of the New Local Government Network and in 1997 he became a member of the Academic Advisory Group to DETR.
Content
Foreword; R.Rhodes.- Introduction; G.Stoker.- Management Change in Local Governance; V.Lowndes.- Letting Managers Manage; Decentralization and Opting-Out; C.Pollitt, J.Birchall & K.Putnam.- The Contracting Out of Local Government Services; K.Doogan.- Two Economic Discourses in the New Management of Local Governance: 'Public Trading' and 'Public Business'; M.Mackintosh.- The New Management and Governance of Education; S.Ranson, J.Martin, P.McKeown & J.Nixon.- The New Management of Community Care; Users Groups, Citizenship and Co-Production; M.Barnes, S.Harrison, M.Mort, P.Shardlow & G.Wistow.- Reframing the Delivery of Local Housing Services: Networks and the New Competition; B.Reid.- Community Governance of Crime Control; J.Benyon & A.Edwards.- Networks in Further Education and Training; K.Riley.- Networking for Local Economic Development; K.Morgan, G.Rees & S.Garmise.- Networking in Europe; J.Benington & J.Harvey.- The Private Financing of Public Infrastructure; D.Heald & N.Geaughan.- Something Old, Something New; J.Stanyer.