In past two decades, the local governments in the UK have been going through a profound change. Consequently, in local governments, direct provisions of services were reduced, and these were replaced instead with privatisation, more competition, and further contracting out. Moreover, quality of local government services acceleratedly increased through introduction of good governance principles and effective performance measurements. All these implementations cover a wide spectrum of change in local government services. Thus, in this paper an overview of a number of main policy areas, such as education, community care, compulsory competitive tendering, best value, and housing, will be presented in line with the ongoing policy changes in the ...
The article starts by giving an overview of the drivers for local government reforms in OECD countri...
Recent local government and public service reforms in England have been orientated towards devolving...
Local government in Northern Ireland has undergone a significant reform process in terms of both the...
Birleşik Krallık'ta, son yirmi yılda yerel yönetimlerin belirgin bir değişim süreci içinde olduğu gö...
Competition for the provision of local government services has become a major feature of the functio...
This paper examines the impacts of the 'Best Value' regime on the management of local public service...
Whilst many countries have been devolving power to the sub-national level England has moved in the o...
The last decade has witnessed a raft of new policies designed to transform the politics and performa...
This paper assesses the emerging impact of the British government's modernisation programme on the e...
This paper investigates the main determinants affecting the privatisation of local government servic...
This paper assesses the emerging impact of the British government's modernisation programme on the e...
In order to overcome financial crisis, it is an international tendency to have the shift from a trad...
This paper describes organisation, tasks and functions of local authorities in the United Kingdom. I...
Local government has faced critical issues since the 1970s. The case is made for local government as...
Since its election in May 1997, the Labour Government in the United Kingdom has emphasized the need ...
The article starts by giving an overview of the drivers for local government reforms in OECD countri...
Recent local government and public service reforms in England have been orientated towards devolving...
Local government in Northern Ireland has undergone a significant reform process in terms of both the...
Birleşik Krallık'ta, son yirmi yılda yerel yönetimlerin belirgin bir değişim süreci içinde olduğu gö...
Competition for the provision of local government services has become a major feature of the functio...
This paper examines the impacts of the 'Best Value' regime on the management of local public service...
Whilst many countries have been devolving power to the sub-national level England has moved in the o...
The last decade has witnessed a raft of new policies designed to transform the politics and performa...
This paper assesses the emerging impact of the British government's modernisation programme on the e...
This paper investigates the main determinants affecting the privatisation of local government servic...
This paper assesses the emerging impact of the British government's modernisation programme on the e...
In order to overcome financial crisis, it is an international tendency to have the shift from a trad...
This paper describes organisation, tasks and functions of local authorities in the United Kingdom. I...
Local government has faced critical issues since the 1970s. The case is made for local government as...
Since its election in May 1997, the Labour Government in the United Kingdom has emphasized the need ...
The article starts by giving an overview of the drivers for local government reforms in OECD countri...
Recent local government and public service reforms in England have been orientated towards devolving...
Local government in Northern Ireland has undergone a significant reform process in terms of both the...