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The ‘dual state’ thesis provides a useful starting point in analysing the relationship between the central and local state. However the history of reform in local government finance suggests that the dual state approach underemphasizes a number of important features of the relationship. Notably the degree of diversity which exists between the interests displayed by different sectors of the central state, the vertical linkages which exist between national and local levels and the difficulty of pursuing coherent long term strategies in local fina

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00509.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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Worsening financial circumstances have prompted local authorities to review the appropriateness of traditional budgetary arrangements. Using Wildavsky's concept of incremental budgeting as a guiding framework this paper examines how and why authorities have altered their budgetary processes. Results indicate that underlying incrementalism is the assumption of growth, although certain aspects of incrementalism are more affected than others by declining revenues.

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00510.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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The literature on local outputs is dominated by cross‐sectional investigations which suggest that the local socio‐economic environment is a critical determinant of local policy. This paper argues that there is insufficient theoretical justification for adopting a cross‐sectional methodology. It examines changes in education outputs in 57 English county borough s and 28 English county councils over the period 1949–74 and concludes that long‐term trends in output change were little affected by local socio‐economic conditions, changes in party control or changes in senior administrative personnel. The results suggest that case study analyses of internal policy‐making processes are likely to give more insight into policy determination than current local ou

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00511.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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This article looks at some of the ambiguities in the commonly‐used phrase‘career service’ and considers what the essential elements of a true career service might be. It raises questions about civil service organization that may interest the reformist practitioner. It draws attention to an under‐researched field (British textbooks are virtually silent on the subject of promotion) that deserves further academic study. British arrangements are placed in a comparative perspective. Until recently it could be said that the British civil service better resembled the ideal of a career service than that of any other western democracy. As a result of Thatcherite changes, we may in future look more like the rest of

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00512.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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‘Using bureaucracy sparingly’ (UBS) is a well‐known and traditional canon of good public administration — but one that has a number of meanings which are not wholly compatible with one another. Looking at the interface between government administration and the outside public (rather than at the internal operations of government bureaux), this essay identifies three rather different senses of UBS, all of which are in common currency. The implications of two of these are then explored, in terms of the kinds of preferences they imply for the use of government's administrative instruments. Finally, there is a brief discussion of what the different senses of UBS have in common and of the extent to which they have divergent implications, posing dilemmas for those who might wish to ‘use bureaucracy s

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00513.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00514.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00515.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00516.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00517.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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Book reviews in this article:POLICY STYLES IN WESTERN EUROPE Jeremy Richardson (ed.).POLITICS, POLICY AND THE EUROPEAN RECESSION Andrew Cox (ed.).BRITISH DOGMATISM AND FRENCH PRAGMATISM: CENTRAL‐LOCAL POLICYMAKING IN THE WELFARE STATE Douglas E. Ashford.CENTRAL GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT R. J. Bennett.HOW MUCH ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS WORTH? John Gretton and Anthony Harrison (eds.)EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS: A PRIMER Michael E. Borus, C. Gregory Bunk and William R. Trash.HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: ITS ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT N. W. Chaplin (ed.).HEALTH POLICY IN BRITAIN: THE POLITICS AND ORGANISATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Christopher Ham.POLICY‐MAKING AND PLANNING IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Kenneth Lee and Anne Mills.CONSUMING SECRETS: HOW OFFICIAL SECRECY AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE IN BRITAIN Rosemary Delbridge and Martin Smith (eds.).THE POLITICS OF SECRECY: CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW James Michael.WAR AND THE STATE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT, 1914–1919 Kathleen Burk (ed.).THE POLITICS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL ROBERT HUTCHISON.THE PROMOTION OF INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE: THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IN THE NHS Chris Ham and Laurie McMahonCRITICAL READINGS IN PLANNING THEORY Chris Paris (ed.).MANAGEMENT REFORM IN SCOTTISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT Arthur Midw

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00518.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

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