Local Government Studies, Volume 31, Issue 5 (2005)

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Public Service Improvement: Policies, progress and prospects

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Notes on Contributors
Pages: 527-529
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Public service improvement: Current developments and future research agendas
Steve J. Martin
Pages: 531-540
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Leadership and service improvement: Dual elites or dynamic dependency?
Tom Entwistle, Steve J. Martin & Gareth Enticott
Pages: 541-554
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Stretched to the limit? The impact of Local Public Service Agreements on service improvement and central – local relations
Helen Sullivan & Gillian Gillanders
Pages: 555-574
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Change and improvement in audit and inspection: A strategic approach for the twenty-first century
Clive Grace
Pages: 575-596
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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‘We are announcing your target’: Reflections on performative language in the making of English Housing Policy
Liz Millward
Pages: 597-614
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Localising efficiency – more than just saving money
Barry Quirk
Pages: 615-625
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Learning from the experience of recovery: The turnaround of poorly performing local authorities
David Turner & Philip Whiteman
Pages: 627-654
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Five faults and a submission: The case for the local government improvement programme
Steven P. Jones
Pages: 655-676
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Generating improvement from within: The role of the improvement and development agency for local government
Lucy De Groot
Pages: 677-682
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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Knowledge creation and transfer in the beacon scheme: Improving services through sharing good practice
Lyndsay Rashman, James Downe & Jean Hartley
Pages: 683-700
Published online: 16 Aug 2006
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