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The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the Greater London Council (GLC) and the six English metropolitan county councils (MCCS); but it did not abolish the services for which they were responsible. It transferred them: some directly to the lower‐tier borough or district councils, others to a variety of joint boards, joint committees, residuary bodies, and special purpose agencies. As a result, there are, in at least some of the former MCC areas, many services still operated wholly or partially on a county‐wide basis. The first part of this article compares the contrasting approaches adopted in the six metropolitan areas to the retention or re‐creation of county‐wide services after abolition. The second part attempts to explain these contrasting approaches: why, for instance, significantly more county‐wide institutional arrangements were voluntarily negotiated by the districts in West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester than by those in South Yorkshire and M

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00788.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Within the debates in Britain about changes in contemporary public administration insufficient attention has been focused to date upon the significance of new information and communication technologies. In particular, the operational importance of computer networks to government organizations, and of the information flows supported by them, have hitherto been given scant attention. A primary focus for understanding the current transformation processes in both services and organization occurring in public administration should be upon the role and significance of these new information flows. Informational capabilities are increasing throughout government organization and have considerable implications for the reforging of that set of organizations which comprise British public administration and for the relationships between and within them, as well as for the quality of publicly provided services. The shifts occurring in contemporary public administration can be usefully analysed and understood by reference to the new concept of the ‘information polity

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00789.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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This article presents the results of a survey of the initial impact of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) under the Local Government Act 1988. After an outline of the provisions of the legislation and the mechanisms for their implementation the outcome of the first round of CCT is described. While most services have been retained in the public sector, a number of authorities have chosen to use private contractors. Differences in the patterns between different types of authority are examined. Finally, the paper considers the prospects for subsequent phases of CCT.

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00790.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Bureau‐political tensions and competition are an often neglected, yet crucial element in crisis management. Bureau‐politics in crisis management runs counter to pervasive notions that portray centralization and concentration of power as the dominant mode of administrative response to crisis. This article presents empirical evidence suggesting the importance of bureau‐politics in the planning, response and post‐crisis stages of crisis management at both strategic and operational levels of action. Again contrary to conventional wisdom, it is argued that such interagency tensions may fulfill various positive functions: they put crisis agencies to the test; they serve to counteract ‘groupthink tendencies; they foster a certain degree of openness; and they may facilitate democratic control of far‐reaching crisis manageme

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00791.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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In the last two years the issue of food has been subject to increasing political controversy with firstlysalmonellain eggs and later listeria and BSE becoming the focus of conflict and widespread media attention. This is an important change. In most of the post‐war period food policy was conducted within a relatively closed policy community where issues concerning food policy were largely treated as routine technical decisions. The significance of thesalmonellain eggs affair is that it is indicative of wider changes in the making of food policy. The increased activity of interest groups, the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy and changes in the retail economy have combined to transform the food policy community into an issue networ

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00792.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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This article focuses on the Diplomatic Wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO) in this country and diplomatic missions overseas. The Overseas Development Administration, though brigaded with the Diplomatic Wing under the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, is substantially a separate organization staffed by Home Civil Servants and with its own Accounting Officer. Though we work closely together, the organizations are distinct.

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00793.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this Article:GETTING PEOPLE INTO JOBS Keith Hayton.TARGETING URBAN EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES Ivan Turok and Urlan Wannop.TOURISM AND THE INNER CITY Polytechnic of Central London.US EXPERIENCE OF URBAN REGENERATION T. Barnekov, D. Hart and W. Benfer.FIVE YEAR REVIEW OF BOLTON, MIDDLESBROUGH AND NOTTINGHAM PROGRAMME AUTHORITIES PIEDA Ltd.PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF URBAN CHANGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Tony Fielding and Susan Halford.INTEREST GROUPS G. Wilson.THE THATCHER EFFECT Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Seldon (eds.)LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THATCHERISM Hugh Butcher, Ian Law, Robert Leach and Maurice Mullard.PROFESSIONALISM IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Martin Laffin, Ken Young.THE RURAL STATE? LJMITS TO PLANNING IN RURAL SOCIETY Paul Cloke and Jo Little.THE RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC SERVANT Kenneth Kernaghan and John W. Langford.MALCOLM FRASER PM: A STUDY IN PRIME MINISTERIAL POWER IN AUSTRALIA Pahick Weller.THE CIVIL SERVICE OBSERVED C. H. Murray.NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ACHIEVEMENT AND PROSPECTS Adrian Leftwich (ed.)PROTECTING PRIVACY IN SURVEILLANCE SOCIETIES; THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SWEDEN, FRANCE, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES David H. Flaherty.INVESTING IN THE FUTURE John Irvine, Ben R. Martin and Phoebe A. Isard.CREATING A RESPONSIVE PUBLIC SERVICE Roger Hadley and Ken Young.

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00794.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY