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9780312235390

How Britain Works : From Ideology to Output Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312235390

  • ISBN10:

    0312235399

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2000-09-30
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Michael Temple argues that the new local governance system "created" by Margaret Thatcher's reforms, when combined with New Labour's emphasis on delivering measurable improvements to outputs, has enabled Tony Blair to have unprecedented control over the public policy process. The author concludes that, far from a more pluralist political culture, the emphasis on achieving centrally determined outputs means that New Labour's governing style is more centralized and directive that the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher; to what end is still uncertain.

Author Biography

Michael Temple is Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Humanities and Social Science, Stafforshire University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
viii
List of Abbreviations
ix
Acknowledgements xi
Thatcher's Legacy to Blair
1(12)
Before the Flood: Local Government up to 1974
13(20)
Drowning, not Waving: Local Government under Attack
33(24)
New Partnerships and Output Politics
57(26)
The Apathetic Community?
83(28)
The New Public Service Ethos
111(22)
A Crisis of Accountability
133(32)
Governance and the Third Way
165(24)
Prime Manager -- but What For?
189(14)
Notes 203(2)
Bibliography 205(16)
Index 221

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