Building effective local government in New Zealand: creatures of statute or expressions of local democracy?
By: Mckinlay, Peter.
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ArticlePublisher: 2016Description: p.289-295.Subject(s): Local government - New Zealand | Local government
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Asia Pacific Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: This research note - as a basis of an ongoing wider assessment - considers New Zealand's recent experience of the relationship between central government and the local government sector under successive National party led minority governments. It is essentially a story of successive endeavours by the central government to reshape local government in terms of a core services efficiency understanding of the role of local government. It raises important questions about whether a focus on efficiency is consistent with, or inherently in conflict with, understandings of local voice and representation. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 38, Issue no: 4 | Available | AR114101 |
This research note - as a basis of an ongoing wider assessment - considers New Zealand's recent experience of the relationship between central government and the local government sector under successive National party led minority governments. It is essentially a story of successive endeavours by the central government to reshape local government in terms of a core services efficiency understanding of the role of local government. It raises important questions about whether a focus on efficiency is consistent with, or inherently in conflict with, understandings of local voice and representation. - Reproduced.
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