Table of Contents
2006
Volume Eleven, Number Two
Single Articles
- The Changing Management of Local Government Under New Labour in
England: Best Value Policy
Yüksel DemirkayaThis article examines the changing nature of local Labour politics and the changing management of local government under New Labour. It aims to analyse the effect of New Labour policies on local authorities by considering the successive Conservative Governments policies on local government. In particular, it focuses on Best Value policy, which has been the most important part of the Labour Party’s modernisation agenda. The article is divided into three main parts. The first part examines post 1970s local government development in England. The second part evaluates the transformation of the Labour Party, and its new pathway called the ‘Third Way’, and reviews the changing approach to the management of local government under New Labour. The third part analyses the development of the Best Value policy, including its origin and different approaches to Best Value across the world.
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Role of University in the Partnership for IT innovations of Community Development: Utilizing Universities' Assets for 'Neighborhood Information System' Development
Sungsoo HwangThis paper explores the role of universities in the partnership for developing a Neighborhood Information System (NIS), which aims to help community development. NIS is a hybrid application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and web technologies that provides demographic, social and economic information to community stakeholders. Government agencies, non profit organizations, and community organizations engage in decision making process for community development and NISs are designed to help information sharing, and effective and participatory decision makings for community development stakeholders. The use of partnerships has emerged as a dominant strategy to develop an NIS. This paper studies partnership issues in Public-Nonprofit-Private Partnerships with a focus on the role of universities and illustrates potential contributions of universities in the partnership ventures. While this paper looks mainly at the role of a university in the partnership network, further research is being conducted to investigate partnership dynamics as a whole.
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Book Review: Philadelphia: A New Urban Direction, 2nd Edition, by the Office of the City Controller, City of Philadelphia
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