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Theme: Local Government: Best Value and the Control of Local Government: Challenges and Contradictions

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  • Amanda Ball
  • Jane Broadbent
  • Cynthia Moore

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This article offers some understanding of the early experience of implementing Best Value in the local authority sector. Implementation is dependent on how local government understands the concept; what local government is able to deliver; and what central government is prepared to accept. For the case study authority described in this article, Best Value is understood to depend on three deliverable ‘cornerstones’, embedded in a context that emphasises accountability, seeks to develop ‘learning’ and pursues change in organizational culture, emphasising the tenets of ‘business excellence’. The authors conclude that Best Value represents an unusual cocktail of top-down concept and bottom-up realization, providing a new twist in the control of the local government sector.

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  • Amanda Ball & Jane Broadbent & Cynthia Moore, 2002. "Theme: Local Government: Best Value and the Control of Local Government: Challenges and Contradictions," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 9-16, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:22:y:2002:i:2:p:9-16
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00302
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    1. Stephen Osborne & Kate McLaughlin, 2004. "The Cross-Cutting Review of the Voluntary Sector: Where Next for Local Government- Voluntary Sector Relationships?," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(5), pages 571-580.
    2. Abdalla Salih, 2014. "The Politics of BV: New Labour¡¯s Vision and the Policy Makers¡¯ Agenda," International Journal of Business Administration, International Journal of Business Administration, Sciedu Press, vol. 5(2), pages 82-93, March.

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