Lessons from local government in Northern Ireland

Local Government Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-91

  Connolly, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10144220698     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003939608433822     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. M. Clarke and J. Stewart, 'From Traditional Management to the New Management in British Local Government,' Policy Studies Journal, 21.1 (1993) pp.82-93; J. Stewart, A. Greer and P. Hoggett, 'The Quango State: An Alternative Approach, Commission on Local Democracy', Research Report No.10, Feb. 1995.
2. M. Clarke and J. Stewart, 'From Traditional Management to the New Management in British Local Government,' Policy Studies Journal, 21.1 (1993) pp.82-93; J. Stewart, A. Greer and P. Hoggett, 'The Quango State: An Alternative Approach, Commission on Local Democracy', Research Report No.10, Feb. 1995.
3. This is the interesting perspective adopted by. J. Morison and S. Livingstone in their book, Reshaping Public Power: Northern Ireland and the British Constitutional Crisis (Sweet and Maxwell, 1995).
4. Disturbances In Northern Ireland: Report Of The Commission Appointed By The Governor Of Northern Ireland (Cameron Report) Cmd. 532 (Belfast: HMSO, 1969): J. Whyte, 'How Much Discrimination was there under the Unionist Regime, 1921-69?', in T. Gallagher and J. O'Connell, Contemporary Irish Studies (Manchester University Press, 1983).
5. Disturbances In Northern Ireland: Report Of The Commission Appointed By The Governor Of Northern Ireland (Cameron Report) Cmd. 532 (Belfast: HMSO, 1969): J. Whyte, 'How Much Discrimination was there under the Unionist Regime, 1921-69?', in T. Gallagher and J. O'Connell, Contemporary Irish Studies (Manchester University Press, 1983).
6. Text of a Communique, Cmnd.4178 (HMSO, 1969).
7. The Housing Trust was a public agency set up in 1945 to augment the work of the local authorities in housing. The development commissions were created during the 1960s for special projects, for example the Londonderry Commission was created to take over the building of houses in Londonderry (D. Birrell and A. Murie, Policing and Government in Northern Ireland: Lessons of Devolution (Gill and Macmillan, 1980)). This illustrates the point that QUANGOs were alive and well in Northern Ireland under the old Stormont regime, though it is certainly true that their numbers have increased in recent years.
8. Review Body on Local Government in Northern Ireland (Macrory Report), (HMSO, 1969), para.114.
9. Ibid., para.123, p.43.
10. See M. Connolly, Lessons from Local Government in Northern Ireland (Local Government Management Board, 1995) for further details and a discussion of some of the financial implications.
11. See P. McKeown and M. Connolly, 'Education reform in Northern Ireland: Maintaining the Distance?, Journal of Social Policy. 21 (1992), pp.211-32; and R. Osborne, R. Cormack and A. Gallagher, After the Reforms: Education and Policy in Northern Ireland (Avebury, 1993).
12. See P. McKeown and M. Connolly, 'Education reform in Northern Ireland: Maintaining the Distance?, Journal of Social Policy. 21 (1992), pp.211-32; and R. Osborne, R. Cormack and A. Gallagher, After the Reforms: Education and Policy in Northern Ireland (Avebury, 1993).
13. Department of Education for Northern Ireland, Education Administration in Northern Ireland: A Consultative Document (Department of Education for Northern Ireland, 1993).
14. M. Connolly and M. Russell, 'April 1991 and Beyond: Are Health and Social Services Boards Catching the Tide of Change?' Public Policy and Administration, Vol.8, No.2 (1993), pp.42-53.
15. M. Connolly and C. Knox, 'Reflections on The 1985 Local Government Elections in Northern Ireland', Local Government Studies, Vol.12, No.2 (1986), pp.15-29.
16. Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland, Third Annual Report 1991-92.
17. See M. Connolly, 'Public Administration in a Conflict Situation: The Case of Northern Ireland', Governance, Vol.6, No.1 (1993), pp.79-98.
18. See Whyte, op. cit., for a good review of the arguments.
19. R.J. Cormack, A.M. Gallagher and R.D. Osborne, Religious Affiliation and Educational Attainment in Northern Ireland (Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights, 1991).
20. S. Livingstone and J. Morison, An Audit of Democracy in Northern Ireland, Supplement with Fortnight, No. 337 (1994).
21. For a detailed examination of recent debates see M. Connolly, J. Law and I. Topping, 'Policing Structures and Police Accountability in Northern Ireland, Local Government Studies, forthcoming.
22. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO), Economy, Efficiency and Effectiveness: Examinations of Certain Matters (HMSO, 1991).
23. C. Knox, 'Policy evaluation in Leisure Services - The Northern Ireland Case', Leisure Studies. 10 (1991), pp.105-17.
24. Ibid., p.108.
25. See B. Hadfield, 'Direct Rule, Delegated Legislation and Parliament', in H. Hayes and P. O'Higgins (eds.), Lessons from Northern Ireland (SLS, 1990); and Connolly, op. cit.
26. See B. Hadfield, 'Direct Rule, Delegated Legislation and Parliament', in H. Hayes and P. O'Higgins (eds.), Lessons from Northern Ireland (SLS, 1990); and Connolly, op. cit.
27. M. Connolly and M. Murray, 'Local Authority Economic Development in Northern Ireland', Local Government Studies, 12, 5 (1986) pp.51-60.
28. D. Birrell, Local Government Councillors In Northern Ireland, CSSP Studies No. 83 (University of Strathclyde, 1981).
29. R. Wilford, R. Miller, Y. Bell and F. Donoghue, 'In Their Own Voices: Women Councillors in Northern Ireland', Public Administration, 71, 3 (1993), pp.341-55.