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Costing and Pricing of Police Services
Dwight Edmonds, Douglas McCreadyExamines the principles which underlie the costing of policeservices when these services do not fit the rubric of being purely“public” goods. In such instances, it is…
Managing Public Relief Programmes via the Privatization Paradigm : An Exploratory Discussion
Stephen Hogan, Rebecca Porterfield, Steve RobinsonAddresses the general issue of the effective management of publicrelief programmes. Proposes that in the search for an appropriateguiding framework, public administrators…
Managing the Stress of Change in the Public Sector
Marie McHugh, Shirley BrennanOutlines some of the dramatic changes which have had an impact onpublic sector organizations in the United Kingdom, and the likelyeffects for employees. Argues that…
Initiating Effective Consumer Research to Support Strategic Decision Making in Local Authorities
David F. BirksThere is great emphasis in local authorities for strategydevelopment to reflect the characteristics and views of a localpopulace. Initiating research which effectively…
The Illusion of Three‐tier Federalism: Rethinking the Nigerian Local Government System
Victor AyeniAttempts a critical evaluation of the theoretical foundation of thelocal government system in Nigeria. Re‐assesses Nigeria′s idea ofthree‐tier federalism both as a theory…
Party Politics and Spending Decisions in Local Authorities
M.M. IbrahimAttempts to answer the question “Does politics make anydifference?” by comparing the total spending of local authoritiesunder three types of political control over seven…

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- Prof Dr Sandra van Thiel