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Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective

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Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective. / Hartley, Jean; Butler, Michael J.R.; Benington, John.
In: Public Management Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2002, p. 387-404.

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Hartley, J, Butler, MJR & Benington, J 2002, 'Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective', Public Management Review, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 387-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616670210151612

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Hartley, J., Butler, M. J. R., & Benington, J. (2002). Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective. Public Management Review, 4(3), 387-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616670210151612

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Hartley J, Butler MJR, Benington J. 2002. Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective. Public Management Review. 4(3):387-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616670210151612

MLA

Hartley, Jean, Michael J.R. Butler and John Benington. "Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective". Public Management Review. 2002, 4(3). 387-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616670210151612

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Hartley J, Butler MJR, Benington J. Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective. Public Management Review. 2002;4(3):387-404. doi: 10.1080/14616670210151612

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Hartley, Jean ; Butler, Michael J.R. ; Benington, John. / Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective. In: Public Management Review. 2002 ; Vol. 4, No. 3. pp. 387-404.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Local government modernisation: UK and comparative analysis from an organizational perspective

AU - Hartley, Jean

AU - Butler, Michael J.R.

AU - Benington, John

PY - 2002

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N2 - This article analyses three strands of local government modernization. The first takes an overview of the development of 'modernization' and 'improvement' of local government in the UK under the Labour government since 1997 and the overall programme of reform. We discuss both the shifts and the continuities with the previous decade and a half of the 'new public management' of Conservative administrations. We examine the implicit assumptions about how to achieve organizational and cultural change, arguing that much modernization is premised on a mechanistic metaphor of organizational change. The second section of the article examines other metaphors and theories of organizational change, arguing for the need to consider institutional and organizational perspectives in analysing local government modernization. The third section of the article then applies some organizational concepts to the comparative analysis of local government modernization.

AB - This article analyses three strands of local government modernization. The first takes an overview of the development of 'modernization' and 'improvement' of local government in the UK under the Labour government since 1997 and the overall programme of reform. We discuss both the shifts and the continuities with the previous decade and a half of the 'new public management' of Conservative administrations. We examine the implicit assumptions about how to achieve organizational and cultural change, arguing that much modernization is premised on a mechanistic metaphor of organizational change. The second section of the article examines other metaphors and theories of organizational change, arguing for the need to consider institutional and organizational perspectives in analysing local government modernization. The third section of the article then applies some organizational concepts to the comparative analysis of local government modernization.

KW - comparative analysis

KW - institutional theory

KW - local government

KW - modernization

KW - organizational

KW - change

U2 - 10.1080/14616670210151612

DO - 10.1080/14616670210151612

M3 - Article

VL - 4

SP - 387

EP - 404

JO - Public Management Review

JF - Public Management Review

SN - 1471-9037

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