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100			_aCowell, Richard
245			_aManaging politics? Ethics regulation and conflicting conceptions of "good conduct"
260			_c2014
300			_ap.29-38.
362			_aJan-Feb
520			_aConcern for fostering trust in public institutions has prompted many governments to invest in systems of ethics regulation, embracing various dimensions of good governance. This article assesses the impact of ethics regulation on the conduct of English local politicians wing Foucauldian perspectives on government, power, and resistance. The research finds that ethics regulation encountered problems when politicians resisted the models of political identity and behavior that it was perceived to promote. Particular concentrations of misconduct complaints were identified in which politicians believed that changes to political management structures, designed to make local governance more effective, caused a loss ofvoice for elected representatives. Ethics regulation itself sometimes served as a device for controlling others and effecting resistance. The article concludes with reflections on how far we should expect political conduct to be managed by such regulatory practices. - Reproduced.
650			_aGood governance
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aMorgan, Karen
700			_aDowne, James
773			_aPublic Administration Review
908			_aN
909			_a103814
999			_c103810 _d103810