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100			_aLowndes, Vivien
245			_aBetween rhetoric and reality: does the 2001 white paper reverse the centralising trend in Britain
260			_c2002
300			_ap.135-47.
362			_aAutumn
520			_aThis article assesses the government's claim that the White Paper, Strong Local Leadership - Quality Public Services (2001), reverses the centralising trend of the previous 20 years. It is argued that the `confessions and concessions' of the White Paper do not actually represent a reduction of centralism or any enhancement of local government autonomy. where controls are relaxed, these are primarily managerial rather than political; delivery rather than democracy is the primary focus of attention. Increasingly sophisticated approaches to performance management signal both a new form of centralism and a challenge to the traditional bilateral model of central-local relations. - Reproduced.
650			_aLocal government - Great Britain
650			_aLocal government
773			_aLocal Government Studies
909			_a54681
999			_c54681 _d54681