Local government reform in Scotland: Managing the transition

Local Government Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 73-89

  Midwinter, Arthur ^a   McGarvey, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040062659     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003939708433877     Document Type: Article

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4. For examples see Adam Smith Institute, Shedding a Tier (London, 1989), and Scottish Conservative Unionist Association, Report of the Working Party into the Reform of Local Government (Edinburgh, 1992).
5. For examples see Adam Smith Institute, Shedding a Tier (London, 1989), and Scottish Conservative Unionist Association, Report of the Working Party into the Reform of Local Government (Edinburgh, 1992).
6. Boyne, Jordan and McVicar, Local Government Reform, p.22.
7. Scottish Office, Shaping The Future - The New Councils (Edinburgh, 1993), p.8.
8. Ibid., p.3.
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19. For example, see R. Kerley and K. Orr, 'Joint Arrangements in Scotland', Local Government Studies, Vol.3, No.19 (1993), pp.309-18; Boyne, Jordan and McVicar, Local Government Reform; and A. Alexander and K. Orr, 'The Reform of Scottish Local Government', Public Money and Management (Jan.-March 1994), pp.33-8.
20. For example, see R. Kerley and K. Orr, 'Joint Arrangements in Scotland', Local Government Studies, Vol.3, No.19 (1993), pp.309-18; Boyne, Jordan and McVicar, Local Government Reform; and A. Alexander and K. Orr, 'The Reform of Scottish Local Government', Public Money and Management (Jan.-March 1994), pp.33-8.
21. For example, see R. Kerley and K. Orr, 'Joint Arrangements in Scotland', Local Government Studies, Vol.3, No.19 (1993), pp.309-18; Boyne, Jordan and McVicar, Local Government Reform; and A. Alexander and K. Orr, 'The Reform of Scottish Local Government', Public Money and Management (Jan.-March 1994), pp.33-8.
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25. See, for example, R. McQuaid, 'Costing Local Government Reform', Local Government Studies, Vol.19, No.4 (1993), pp.477-486; and A. Midwinter, 'The Review of Local Government in Scotland - A Critical Perspective', Local Government Studies, Vol.18, No.2 (1992), pp.44-54.
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27. Midwinter, 'The Review of Local Government in Scotland', pp.44-54.
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35. Local Government Staff Commission (Scotland) Annual Report (Edinburgh, 1997).
36. Scotsman, 28 Jan. 1997.
37. Scottish Labour press release, 24 Jan. 1997.
38. A. Midwinter, 'Local Government in a Devolved Scotland', Scottish Affairs, Vol.18 (1997), pp.24-35.
39. Scottish Office, A Guide to Decentralisation (Edinburgh, not dated).