01035pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245010200061260000900163300001200172362001100184520065600195650002100851773002900872180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDudley, Geoffrey  aTransplanting ideas in policy networks: reinventing local government and the case of Steel action  c1999  ap.76-89  aAutumn  aThe crisis in local government has made it susceptible to the well known principles of Reinventing Government, particularly ideas about partnership and government as catalyst. It is important however, to understand the conditions under which new ideas, such as reinventing local government, can be successfully transplanted into existing policy networks. Hence the article examines the contrasting fortunes of the local authority single issue group Steel Action in the domestic and EU arenas. It concludes that governance as `steering' is perhaps best seen in terms of the dynamics of a learning process with a high degree of uncertainty. - Reproduced  aLocal government  aLocal Government Studies