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100			_aKnox, Colin
245			_aBureau shuffling? The review of public administration in Northern Ireland
260			_c2006
300			_ap.941-65.
520			_aThe Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement of 1998 resulted in the return of devolved government to Northern Ireland and, with it, a decision by the Executive and Assembly to conduct a radical review of public administration. The review is now reaching its final stages and this paper considers the likely outcomes. It both argues that the parameters of the review will limit its impact and describes the reform proposals as either structural changes or administrative rationalization, both devoid of a wider modernizing approach to improving public services. In Northern Ireland, the on/off nature of devolution could result in `one of the major tasks for devolved government' (according to the Northern Ireland Executive) being implemented by Direct Rule ministers. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration - Northern Ireland
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aCarmichael, Paul
773			_aPublic Administration
908			_aN
909			_a73147
999			_c73147 _d73147