... the perceptions of accounting academics on the introduction of HE tuition fees in both England and Germany, and how this policy has affected the everyday life of academics and students alike in each country. The respective funding and reform approach sets the context of this study. Design/methodology/approach...

...Morten Hansen and Andrej Christian Lindholst; Nicola Dempsey; Mel Burton; Johanna Selin Purpose – Different models have been adopted in England over time to organise public service delivery. The purpose of this paper is to explore contracting-out, a prevalent model of public service delivery...

...Chris Mackintosh; Chris Mackintosh; Graham Cookson; Gerald Griggs Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the impact and effectiveness of the national PING! project implemented by a national governing body of sport (NGB) and key public sector partners in England. It establishes...

... systems (national context) in shaping sectoral policy networks. Borrowing from Lijphart (1999) , Adam and Kriesi (2007) categorise England as a majoritarian-unitarian democracy as decision making is concentrated amongst a small number of institutions and actors. This is evident in the key decisions...

... of recent research by the Association of Public Service Excellence. Design/methodology/approach – The research for APSE, undertaken by the author, consisted of a survey and a series of interviews over 18 months with policy officers within leisure services across local authorities in England. Data...

...Jim Hordern Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss different approaches to evaluation taken in the case of two regeneration programmes in England and Wales and identify how assumptions about the nature of policy and programme implementation affect evaluation and considerations of its use...

... benchmarking. Without the “quasi market” mechanisms, inefficient councils were isolated geographically and held monopoly positions because of legislation, and they were gaining rent rather than engaging in mutually beneficial transactions with their constituents. England Local authorities Local...

... raises questions as to whether NLTs deserve such aid for delivering upon the social inclusion agenda of the government. Design/methodology/approach The research involved a national survey questionnaire to 1,060 public leisure service providers in England. Empirical testing through multiple analysis...

...) in England. More specifically, it explores the implementation of structured change methods and performance measurement and management initiatives that claim to have a linked strategic and operational focus through to stakeholder impact. Design/methodology/approach This research adopts an interpretive...

... been mainly considered as driven by change rather than by control. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Public sector reform Public sector organizations Probation England The main objective of this paper is to theoretically account for the implications of new public management...

...Graham Pearce; Martin Burch; Alan Harding; James Rees Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ask how the UK Government can currently hold such incommensurable positions, explicitly and implicitly, in respect of spatial development priorities within England, and suggest a research agenda...

... England's ingrained tradition of centralisation. There are also concerns that the prominence given to economic considerations is incompatible with delivering sustainable development. Practical implications Greater attention needs to be given to the coordination of national policies with a regional...

... structures in England. The Review's remit was to explore ways to “improve the economic planning and decision‐making processes at the regional level … through better alignment of regional strategies, enhancing the strategic role of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), improving RDA capacity, efficiency...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Economic development Regeneration Regional government Economic planning Recession England It was pending Prescott's retirement from ministerial office in 2007, simultaneously with the full restoration of RDAs to an economic department...

... for the executive is not just in relation to economic development, but also covering important areas such as transport, crime and health. Urban regions England Regional development Economic development Local authorities In the UK, a key governmental issue, which has gained an increasing profile...

... and guidance documents, participant observation in regional and sub‐regional meetings, and supplemented with primary interview data. Findings The Northern Way, promoted by central government to manage decline in the Greater North of England, demonstrated a continued legacy of regional disparities...

... Group Publishing Limited 2009 Best practice Regional government England Urban economies In Europe over the past 20 years the region has become the obvious scale for effective economic governance. Yet however apparent this is to regionalists, the search for the right institutions...

... Publishing Limited 2008 Public procurement Local government Purchasing groups England This paper is concerned with the emergence of a new organisational structure for procurement, that of procurement as a shared service. Traditionally discussions on procurement organisational models have...

...Tim Hannagan; Alan Lawton; Geoff Mallory Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in the management of further education (FE) colleges in England following the Further and Higher Education Act (1992) and the removal of colleges from Local Education Authority control. These changes...

... and East of England Agencies). However, data from the Office for National Statistics points to a growing gap in productivity between London, the South‐East and North. The main aim of regional policy – set out in the PSA2 (Public Service Agreement) CSR2, 2002‐2007 (London: HM Treasury, 2004) has been...