Patterns of governance in local public spending bodies

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-227

  Greer, Alan ^a   Hoggett, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directors; Governance; Operations; Policy; Strategy; Training and enterprise councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041124941     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559710166066     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bush, T., Coleman, M. and Glover, D. (1993), Managing Autonomous Schools, Paul Chapman, London.
2. Carver, J. (1990), Boards that Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA and Oxford.
3. Coleman, M., Bush, T. and Glover, D. (1993), "Researching autonomous schools: a survey of the first 100 GM schools", Educational Research, Vol. 35 No. 2, pp. 107-26.
4. Committee on Standards in Public Life (1995a), First Report, Volume 1 (Cm 2850 I), HMSO, London.
5. Committee on Standards in Public Life (1995b), Local Public Spending Bodies: Issues and Questions, HMSO, London.
6. Davis, H. (1993), A First Guide to Appointed Local Executive Bodies in the West Midlands, Partnership Papers, University of Birmingham.
7. Davis, H. and Stewart, J. (1994), The Growth of Government by Appointment: Implications for Local Democracy, Local Government Management Board, London.
8. Dunleavy, P. (1991), Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Choice, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead.
9. Efficiency Unit (1989), Improving Management in Government: The Next Steps, HMSO, London.
10. Ferlie, E., Ashburner, L. and Fitzgerald, L. (1993), Board Teams - Roles and Relationships, Research in Action, Paper 10, NHS Training Directorate, Bristol.
11. Ferlie, E., Ashburner, L. and Fitzgerald, L. (1995), "Corporate governance and the public sector: some issues and evidence from the NHS", Public Administration, Vol. 73, pp. 375-92.
12. Greer, A. and Hoggett, P. (1995), "The breeding of the new quango professional", Parliamentary Brief, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 23-6.
13. Halpin, D., Power, S. and Fitz, J. (1993), "Opting into state control? Headteachers and the paradoxes of grant-maintained status", International Studies in the Sociology of Education, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 3-23.
14. Hoggett, P. (1996), "New modes of control in the public service", Public Administration, Vol. 74 No. 1, pp. 9-32.
15. Mintzberg, H. and Waters, J.A. (1985), "Of strategies deliberate and emergent", Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 257-72.
16. National Federation of Housing Associations (1995), Competence and Accountability: The Report of the Inquiry into Housing Association Governance, National Federation of Housing Associations, London.
17. Painter. C., Isaac-Henry, K. and Chalcroft, T. (1994), Appointed Agencies and Public Accountability: Proactive Strategies for Local Government, Report on behalf of the West Midlands Joint Committee of District Councils and the Institute of Public Policy and Management, University of Central England Business School, Birmingham.
18. Pettigrew, A., Ferlie, E., Fitzgerald, L. and Wensley, R. (1991), "The leadership role of the new health authorities: an agenda for research and development", Public Money and Management, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 39-43.
19. Plummer, J. (1994), The Governance Gap: Quangos and Accountability, LGC Communications, London.
20. Power, S., Halpin, D. and Fitz, J. (1994), "Underpinning choice and diversity? The grant maintained schools policy in context", in Tomlinson, S. (Ed.), Alternative Education Policies, IPPR/Rivers Oram Press, London.
21. Rhodes, R. (1994), "The hollowing out of the state: the changing nature of the public service in Britain", Political Quarterly, Vol. 65 No. 2, pp. 138-51.
22. Rhodes, R. (1996), "The new governance: governing without government", Political Studies, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 652-67.
23. Self, P. (1993), Government by the Market? The Politics of Public Choice, Macmillan, London.
24. Stewart, J., Greer, A. and Hoggett, P. (1995), The Quango State: An Alternative Approach, Research Report No. 10, Commission for Local Democracy, London.
25. Weir, S. and Hall, W. (1994), Ego Trip: Extra-Governmental Organizations in the UK and Their Accountability, Democratic Audit, University of Essex and Charter 88 Trust.
26. Widdicombe, D. (1986a), Research Volume 1 - the Political Organization of Local Authorities, Cmnd 9798, HMSO, London.
27. Widdicombe, D. (1986b), Research Volume 2 - The Local Government Councillor, Cmnd 9799, HMSO, London.
28. Wilson, D. and Game, C. (1994), Local Government in the United Kingdom, Macmillan, London.