...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...

... in practice. This paper aims to investigate community empowerment and influence over service providers brought about by the Communities First programme in Wales, a regeneration programme which aims to empower local communities. Design/methodology/approach The research analyses nine Communities First...

... care managers and commissioning officers in 13 (60 per cent) of the local, unitary authorities in Wales. Managers at independent home care providers have been interviewed also. The study has been ongoing since September 2004. For comparison, Barnet in England has been included because, unlike any Welsh...

... of partnership programmes which are born and bred in Wales. Second, Wales has unitary local government and so it does not have the complexity of two‐tier structures which frustrate partnership working in the English shires. Third the Welsh polity is a small one with short and close vertical linkages between...

..., and changes in different care stages. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Health services Expenditure Cost analysis Wales United Kingdom Devolution presents an opportunity for the four countries within the UK to experiment with alternative approaches to the management of public services. Already...

... in the failure of reform. Police England Wales United Kingdom Autonomous work groups Legislation Such reactions serve to strengthen the culture and bind officers closer together. Crank (1998) further argues that criticism of their actions and attempts at reform are perceived by many officers...