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Are the 'Poor' Different? The Internal Characteristics of Local Authorities in the Five Comprehensive Performance Assessment Groups

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  • George Boyne
  • Gareth Enticott

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The fate of careers, morale, financial assistance and future freedoms depend on English local councils' places in Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) groups. This article explains why the organizational attributes of local authorities are weak predictors of CPA outcomes. The authors' conclusions sit uncomfortably with the overall aims of CPA and raise important questions about the relationship between performance ratings and intervention. The article calls for more reliable data with which to classify local authorities.

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  • George Boyne & Gareth Enticott, 2004. "Are the 'Poor' Different? The Internal Characteristics of Local Authorities in the Five Comprehensive Performance Assessment Groups," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(1), pages 11-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:24:y:2004:i:1:p:11-18
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00388.x
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    1. Joseph Drew & Brian Dollery, 2016. "A Factor Analytic Assessment of Financial Sustainability: The Case of New South Wales Local Government," Australian Accounting Review, CPA Australia, vol. 26(2), pages 132-140, June.
    2. José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Antonio Manuel López-Hernández & Agustin Hernández-Bastida, 2009. "Developing an alert system for local governments in financial crisis," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 175-181, May.
    3. James Downe & Steve Martin, 2007. "Inspecting for Improvement? Emerging Patterns of Public Service Regulation in the UK," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 25(3), pages 410-422, June.

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