How Britain Works: From Ideology to Output Politics

Temple, M.

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 than the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher; to what end is still uncertain.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2000-07-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333738856

DOI: 10.1057/9780230514041

Dimensions: 203cm x127cm

Pages: 228