Accountable to everyone: postmodern pressures on public managers

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Lewisham, England is an example of a local government undergoing changes in UK's public sector. It is a borough of 240,000 people and employs 10,000 public workers to provide the basic municipal services to its residents. While the Council is concerned with improving the services it renders at lower costs, its other agenda is centered on creating community action and active citizen participation. It also seeks to find ways to improve democracy at every level and to improve the quality of life for its residents.

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Theories of local government reorganization: an empirical evaluation

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The patterns of reorganization of Europe's local governments can be defined in terms of a welfare state perspective, functional revolution perspective and political perspective. These theories were validated in the context of the Belgian experience with reorganization. The study concludes that none of the three theories could sufficiently explain the reorganization which took place in Belgium, indicating that regionalization was a political rather than functional phenomenom.

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`PUBLIC SERVICE', `PUBLIC MANAGEMENT' AND THE `MODERNIZATION' OF FRENCH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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France has introduced civil service reform which has enabled the government to continue to introduce innovation and to increase productivity. As a result, the French civil service is more adaptable than some critics might avow. A hierarchical system was replaced by a participatory system.

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