How Britain Works: From Ideology to Output Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333738856)

Michael Temple argues that the new local governance system 'created' by Margaret Thatcher's reforms, when combined with New Labour's emphasis on delivering measurable improvements to outputs, has enabled Tony Blair to have unprecedented control over the public policy process. The author concludes that, far from a more pluralist political culture, the emphasis on achieving centrally determined outputs means that New Labour's governing style is more centralized and directive than the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher; to what end is still uncertain.

Author: M. Temple
ISBN-10: 0333738853
ISBN-13: 9780333738856
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2000
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d