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July 2010, Volume 30, Issue 4
- 207-208 Debate: Increasing the impact of academic research on public policy
by M. J. Kelly - 208-210 Debate: Co-production can contribute to research impact in the social sciences
by Fiona Armstrong & Adrian Alsop - 211-218 Co-production of social research: strategies for engaged scholarship
by Steve Martin - 219-226 Beyond co-production: practice-relevant scholarship as a foundation for delivering impact through powerful ideas
by Elena P. Antonacopoulou - 227-233 Meeting in the middle: joining reflection and action in complex public sector projects
by Michael Duijn & Marc Rijnveld & Merlijn van Hulst - 235-242 Practitioner research: collaboration and knowledge production
by Neil Lunt & Ian Shaw & Christa Fouché - 243-250 Managing sensitive relations in co-produced planning research
by Paul O’Hare & Jon Coaffee & Marian Hawkesworth - 251-256 Analysis of the cash flow of United Kingdom universities
by Stephen Hicks - 257-260 New development: Innovative governance—using the citizen scorecard in China
by Hana Brixi
May 2010, Volume 30, Issue 3
- 135-135 Debate: Productivity versus cuts
by Jaki Meekings Davis - 136-138 Debate: Personalized public services—a new state/citizen contract?
by Catherine Needham - 138-142 New development: Adapting university education for changing expectations of public services leaders and managers—guidance for designing and delivering MPAs
by Francis Coxhead & Janet Grauberg & Paul Joyce & Colin Knox & Tanya Lawes & Andrew Massey - 143-150 Emerging realities of local government reorganization
by Michael Chisholm - 151-158 Exploring the utility of current performance measures for changing roles and practices of ambulance paramedics
by Geoffrey Heath & James Radcliffe - 159-166 Measuring productivity: an approach to measuring quality weighted outputs in social care
by Ann Netten & Julien Forder - 167-174 Efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy: towards a framework for high-performance in healthcare commissioning
by Helen Dickinson & Edward Peck & Joan Durose & Elizabeth Wade - 175-182 Regulation of public--private partnerships: the Danish case
by Ole Helby Petersen - 183-188 Balancing physician workload and patient satisfaction: a dilemma for hospital managers
by Javier Garcia-Lacalle - 189-196 Learning from cost analyses: an illustration from the UK's New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP)
by David Greenberg & Abigail Davis
March 2010, Volume 30, Issue 2
- 79-80 Editorial: Ten years of UK devolution
by Catherine Farrell - 80-81 Debate: Redesigning the devolved states— progress and limitations
by Richard Parry - 82-83 Debate: Devolution in Northern Ireland
by Colin Knox & Paul Carmichael - 84-86 Debate: Problems of quality and logic in the case for devolution
by David Walker - 87-90 New development: The evolution of Welsh devolution
by Jon Shortridge - 91-96 Nationalism, governance and policymaking in Scotland: The Scottish National Party (SNP) in power
by Margaret Arnott & Jenny Ozga - 97-102 The effectiveness of legislative mechanisms for the devolution of powers in the UK: the case of transport devolution to Wales
by Jonathan Bradbury & Ian Stafford - 103-108 Core tensions in Wales's new politics: pluralist trends in a majoritarian system
by Laura McAllister & Adrian Kay - 109-116 Public sector reform in Northern Ireland: policy copying or a distinctive model of public sector modernization?
by Derek Birrell - 117-118 Debate: Community governance as a response to economic crisis
by Alessandro Sancino - 118-119 Debate: 2010—the year to adopt high-speed rail?
by Jim Steer - 121-124 New development: Public service enterprises and consumer-centric management
by Panagiotis Piperopoulos - 125-132 Are Italian healthcare organizations paying too much for their public--private partnerships?
by Veronica Vecchi & Mark Hellowell & Francesco Longo
January 2010, Volume 30, Issue 1
- 3-4 Editorial: Achieving efficiency and effectiveness in challenging times
by Jane Broadbent - 4-6 Debate: Approaches to control—a view from Australia
by Pat Barrett AO - 7-8 Debate: Approaches to control—the poverty of ‘what's hot and what's not’
by Christopher Pollitt - 8-10 Debate: Accountability for outcomes— international lessons
by Erica Wimbush - 10-12 Debate: Questions of scale
by Brendan McCarron - 13-18 Costs, outputs and outcomes in school PFI contracts and the significance of project size
by Istemi Demirag & Iqbal Khadaroo - 19-26 Private sector provision of social housing: an assessment of recent Irish experiments
by Michelle Norris & Dermot Coates - 27-34 Changing reasons for public--private partnerships (PPPs)
by Ronald W. McQuaid & Walter Scherrer - 35-41 The new public management of security: the contracting and managerial state and the private military industry
by Carlos Ortiz - 42-48 Towards a benchmarking paradigm in European water utilities
by R. Cunha Marques & Kristof De Witte - 49-54 Innovation in public--private partnerships (PPPs): the Spanish case of highway concessions
by Thais Rangel & Jesús Galende - 55-62 Utilization-focused performance reporting
by Fritz Sager & Adrian Ritz & Kristina Bussmann - 63-68 Measuring measures: introducing performance measurement in the Dutch health care sector
by Haiko van der Voort & Emiel Kerpershoek - 69-75 Public sector benchmarking and performance improvement: what is the link and can it be improved?
by Sandra Tillema
November 2009, Volume 29, Issue 6
- 331-331 Editorial: Faith in Themes
by Andrew Gray & Jane Broadbent & Michaela Lavender - 331-334 Debate: Institutions and UK fiscal arrangements—time for reform?
by Russell Mellett - 334-335 Research Excellence Framework—some fundamental questions
by Stephen Mungavin & Charles Ferguson
September 2009, Volume 29, Issue 5
- 265-265 Editorial: Crisis! What an opportunity!
by Andrew Gray & Jane Broadbent & Michaela Lavender - 265-267 Debate: Public management in recessions and economic crises. Strategic options and political constraints
by Ilan Vertinsky - 268-272 New development: The future of public service regulation—the professional's perspective
by Rodney Brooke - 273-276 New development: First steps towards an evaluation of the North East Transformation System
by Jonathan Erskine & David J. Hunter & Chris Hicks & Tom McGovern & Eileen Scott & Edward Lugsden & Edward Kunonga & Paula Whitty - 277-284 The crisis in UK banking
by John Goddard & Phil Molyneux & John O. S. Wilson - 285-291 Structural change and public service performance: international lessons?
by Christopher Pollitt - 292-298 Police authorities in England and Wales: board composition and corporate governance
by Christopher Jackson & Ian P. Dewing - 299-306 Scrutinizing local public service provision
by Anna Coleman & Francesca Gains & Alan Boyd & Donna Bradshaw & Carole Johnson - 307-312 Enacting evidence into clinical practice: the case of coronary heart disease
by Gerry McGivern & Andreas Lambrianou & Ewan Ferlie & Martin Cowie - 313-320 Balanced scorecard implementation in an Italian local government organization
by Federica Farneti - 321-328 Connecting for competitiveness: future transport in UK city regions
by Iain Docherty & Jon Shaw & Richard Knowles & Danny Mackinnon
July 2009, Volume 29, Issue 4
- 203-208 Editorial and Debates
by Andrew Gray & Jane Broadbent & Michaela Lavender & Fred Thompson & David Blunkett & Jonathan Aylen - 209-218 Theme: Whole of government accounting— international trends
by Giuseppe Grossi & Susan Newberry & Andreas Bergmann & Daniel Bietenhader & Torbjörn Tagesson & Johan Christiaens & Philippe Van Cauwenberge & Jan Rommel - 219-227 Whole of government accounts developments in the UK: conceptual, technical and timetable issues
by David Heald & George Georgiou - 229-234 Implementation of whole of government reports in Australia
by Ron Day - 235-242 Whole of government accounting in New Zealand: the ownership form of control
by Susan Newberry & Sonja Pont-Newby - 243-250 International experiences in whole of government financial reporting: lesson-drawing for Spain
by Isabel Brusca & Vicente Montesinos - 251-256 Consolidation in the public sector: a cross-country comparison
by Giuseppe Grossi & Francesca Pepe - 257-260 New development: In pursuit of WGA—Research findings from the UK
by Danny Chow & Christopher Humphrey & Jodie Moll - 261-264 New development: Consolidated financial reporting as a stimulus for change in Italian local government
by Giuseppe Grossi
May 2009, Volume 29, Issue 3
- 139-140 Editorial: PMM , the impact of research on practice, and the emerging Research Excellence Framework
by Andrew Gray & Jane Broadbent & Michaela Lavender - 140-142 Debate: History of privatization
by David Parker - 142-143 Debate: Ten years of devolution
by Jon Shortridge - 145-152 High-quality regulation: its popularity, its tools and its future
by Martin Lodge & Kai Wegrich - 153-160 The organizational context and use of routine data for cancer service management
by Dawn Wilkinson & Ewan Ferlie & Rachael Addicott & Mark McCarthy - 161-166 ‘Payment by Results’ in the English NHS: the continuing challenges
by Pauline Allen - 167-174 Effective human resources processes in local government
by Catherine Truss - 175-181 Developing an alert system for local governments in financial crisis
by José Luis Zafra-Gómez & Antonio Manuel López-Hernández & Agustin Hernández-Bastida - 183-190 Accountability of UK charities
by Alpa Dhanani - 191-194 New development: From private office to departmental court
by R. A. W. Rhodes - 195-200 New development: Performance management in a UK police force
by Paul Hunton & Alan Jones & Paul Baker
March 2009, Volume 29, Issue 2
- 79-81 Editorial: Consumerism in public services
by Catherine Needham - 81-83 Debate: Customers versus citizens—does the language matter?
by Pat Barrett - 83-85 Debate: Reforming the governance of the NAO
by David Heald - 87-94 Are all consumers the same? Choice in health, social care and education in England and elsewhere
by Marianna Fotaki - 95-100 Patient choice in the NHS: what is the effect of choice policies on patients and relationships in health economies?
by Ian Greener & Russell Mannion - 101-108 Consumerism and control: evidence from Swedish central government agencies
by Sven Modell & Fredrika Wiesel - 109-116 Are satisfied citizens willing to pay more? Public sector consumerism as equitable social exchange
by Brian K. Collins & Hyun Joon Kim - 117-122 The consumerism of ‘voice’ in Norwegian health policy and its dynamics in the transformation of health services
by Tone Alm Andreassen - 123-130 ‘Citizen-centred’ public services: contestability without consumer-driven competition?
by Steve Martin & Adrian Webb - 131-136 The measurement of turnaround management strategies in local authorities
by Itai Beeri
January 2009, Volume 29, Issue 1
- 3-3 Editorial: New cover, new publisher, same dedication
by Andrew Gray & Jane Broadbent & Michaela Lavender - 3-5 Debate: The future of public administration— Serving beyond the predictable
by Jocelyne Bourgon - 5-7 Debate: Delivering public services: Are we asking the right questions?
by Stephen P. Osborne - 9-10 Debate: We just do not know: Healthcare expenditure trends
by Peter M. Jackson - 11-18 Making widespread use of municipal bonds in Scotland?
by Stephen J. Bailey & Darinka Asenova & John Hood - 19-26 Taking its toll: The private financing of roads in Spain
by Basilio Acerete & Jean Shaoul & Anne Stafford - 27-34 Managing activity and expenditure in the new NHS market
by Russell Mannion & Andrew Street - 35-42 Relationship marketing, relational capital and the future of marketing in public service organizations
by Kate Mclaughlin & Stephen P. Osborne & Celine Chew - 43-50 Public policy dilemma—gender equality mainstreaming in UK policy formulation
by Karen Miller - 51-57 Mentoring as a mechanism for improvement in local government
by Jane Atterton & Nicola Thompson & Terry Carroll - 59-64 New development: Accountability in public partnerships—The case of Local Strategic Partnerships
by George Jones & John Stewart - 65-70 New Development: Scotland's Concordat—An assessment of the new financial framework in central--local relations
by Arthur Midwinter - 71-74 New development: Fast track to Birmingham
by Tony Bolden & Reg Harman
December 2008, Volume 28, Issue 6
- 323-326 Editorial: Accounting and Reporting for Sustainable Development in Public Service Organizations
by Amanda Ball & Jan Bebbington - 326-329 Debate: The Global Reporting Initiative and Public Agencies
by Stefania Lamprinidi & Naoko Kubo - 329-331 Debate: Public Sector Sustainability Reporting—Implications for Accountants
by Thomas Lewis - 331-333 Debate: Regulation for a Sustainable Energy System
by Andrew Lee - 334-335 Debate: Asia Rising—The Demise of the Neo-Liberal Model of Governance, Economic Management and Public Money
by Michael Chibba - 337-343 Sustainability Accounting and Accountability in Public Water Companies
by Carlos Larrinaga-Gonzélez & Vincente Pérez-Chamorro - 345-352 The Boundaries of Reporting Sustainable Development in Social Housing
by Melina M. Manochin & Lisa Jack & Claire Howell - 353-360 Governance and Accountability: A Role for Social Accounts in the Sustainable School
by Jane Gibbon & John Fenwick & Janice McMillan - 361-366 GRI Sustainability Reporting by Australian Public Sector Organizations
by James Guthrie & Federica Farneti - 367-374 Accounting for a Sustainable Scotland
by Shona L. Russell & Ian Thompson - 375-382 NHS Inquiries: A Time Series Analysis
by Beth Kewell & Matthias Beck
October 2008, Volume 28, Issue 5
- 263-264 Debate: In the Know—Work in Progress
by John Kirkpatrick - 264-266 Debate: An Entrepreneurial Public Sector
by Marcial Bóo - 267-274 Executive Succession in English Local Government
by George A. Boyne & Oliver James & Peter John & Nicolai Petrovsky - 275-282 A Government Department in Meltdown: Crisis at the Home Office
by Chris Painter - 283-290 Strategic Positioning in UK Charities that Provide Public Services: Implications of a New Integrating Model
by Celine Chew & Stephen P. Osborne - 291-298 Children at Play—An Endangered Species?
by Adrienne Curry & Bridget Clark - 299-304 Professional Executive Committees: What Do They Do?
by Stephen Abbott & Richard Smith & Susan Procter & Nicci Iacovou - 305-312 Emerging Equality Policy in Britain in Comparative Context: A Missed Opportunity?
by R. D. Osborne - 313-318 New Development: What Lies Beyond Service Delivery? Leadership Behaviours for Place Shaping in Local Government
by Leo Boland & Emer Coleman
August 2008, Volume 28, Issue 4
- 195-196 Debate: The Two Futures of Public Administration
by B. Guy Peters - 196-198 Debate: In the Know or Out of the Loop?
by Steven Van de Walle & Tony Bovaird - 199-205 Changes in NHS Trust Audit and Non-Audit Fees
by Mark A. Clatworthy & Howard J. Mellett & Michael J. Peel - 207-214 Effectiveness of Audit Committees in Local Authorities: Views From Key Players
by Margaret Crawford & William Henry & James McKendrick & William M. Stein - 215-222 Governance Structures and Accountability in Primary Care
by Bernard Dowling & Rod Sheaff & Susan Pickard - 223-230 The EU's Stability and Growth Pact: Its Credibility and Sustainability
by Lisa Fingland & Stephen J. Bailey - 231-238 Will Practice-Based Commissioning in the English NHS Resolve the Problems Experienced by GP Fundholding?
by Ian Greener & Russell Mannion - 239-246 Uses of Management Accounting Information for Benchmarking in NHS Trusts
by Pinar Guven-Uslu & Lynne Conrad - 247-254 A Conceptual Framework for Accounting for Public-Benefit Entities
by Richard Laughlin - 255-260 New Development: Developing Contestability in the Delivery of Public Services
by Malcolm J. Prowle
June 2008, Volume 28, Issue 3
- 131-134 Editorial: Managing Competing Public Values in Public Infrastructure Projects
by Joop Koppenjan & Michael B. Charles & Neal Ryan - 135-136 Debate: Public Value Trade-Offs and Methodological Trade-Offs
by Barry Bozeman - 136-138 Debate: A Grand Design, or the Best We Can Expect?
by Douglas N. Jones - 139-145 Managing Public Values in Public-Private Networks: A Comparative Study of Innovative Public Infrastructure Projects
by Nicolette van Gestel & Joop Koppenjan & Ilse Schrijver & Arnoud van de Ven & Wijnand Veeneman - 147-152 Invisible Trade-Offs of Public Values: Inside Dutch Railways
by Bauke Steenhuisen & Michel van Eeten - 153-158 Public-Private Partnerships and Public-Private Value Trade-Offs
by Guðrið Weihe - 159-166 Safe and Sound? The Public Value Trade-Off in Worker Safety and Public Infrastructure Procurement
by Michael B. Charles & Rachel Ryan & Cinthya Paredes Castillo & Kerry Brown - 167-172 Public Values Embedded in Australian Public Works Procurement
by Craig W. Furneaux & Kerry Brown & Don Allan - 173-178 Has the NAO Audited Risk Transfer in Operational Private Finance Initiative Schemes?
by Allyson M. Pollock & David Price - 179-184 Trust in Project Financing: An Italian Health Care Example
by Antonio Barretta & Cristiano Busco & Pasquale Ruggiero - 185-192 Decades, Directions and the Fraud Review: Addressing the Future of Public Sector Fraud?
by Alan Doig & Michael Macaulay
April 2008, Volume 28, Issue 2
- 67-67 Editorial: Self-Contained ‘Debate’ Articles
by Andrew Gray - 67-69 Debate: What Does Lean Mean?
by David Walker - 70-76 Debate: Consumerism in Public Services—For and Against
by George Jones & Catherine Needham - 77-84 Best Value Audits in Scotland: Winning Without Scoring?
by James Downe & Clive Grace & Steve Martin & Sandra Nutley - 85-92 A Common Trend, Different Houses: Devolution in Italy, Spain and the UK
by Paolo Fedele & Edoardo Ongaro - 93-100 ‘Taken for a Ride’: The Privatization of the UK Railway Rolling Stock Industry
by Sean McCartney & John Stittle - 101-108 The Cost of Using Private Finance to Build, Finance and Operate Hospitals
by Jean Shaoul & Anne Stafford & Pam Stapleton - 109-114 Managing the Implementation of Public--Private Partnerships
by Robert Jones & Gary Noble - 115-122 The Primacy of Politics: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the UK and Australia
by David Pickernell & Gillian Bristow & Adrian Kay & Neal Ryan - 123-127 New Development: Targeting Inequalities
by David Dorrell
February 2008, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 3-3 New Year, New Bimonthly Issues, New Themes
by Andrew Gray - 3-7 Editorial: Lean in Public Services—Panacea or Paradox?
by Zoe Radnor & Ruth Boaden - 7-9 Debate: Systems Thinking and Public Sector Performance
by John Seddon & Carlton Brand - 10-11 Debate: Why Aren't We All Lean?
by Andy Bagley & Eirian Lewis - 13-20 Learning to Walk Before We Try to Run: Adapting Lean for the Public Sector
by Zoe Radnor & Paul Walley - 21-26 Combining Planned and Emergent Change in a Healthcare Lean Transformation
by Ann Esain & Sharon Williams & Lynn Massey - 27-34 Lessons for Lean in Healthcare from Using Six Sigma in the NHS
by Nathan Proudlove & Claire Moxham & Ruth Boaden - 35-40 Testing the Boundaries of Lean Thinking: Observations from the Legal Public Sector
by Peter Hines & Ana Lucia Martins & Jo Beale - 41-48 Stakeholder Network Dynamics and Emergent Trajectories of Lean Implementation Projects: A Study in the UK National Health Service
by Thanos Papadopoulos & Yasmin Merali - 49-52 New Development: Using Lean Techniques to Reduce Radiology Waiting Times
by Amy Lodge & David Bamford - 53-56 New Development: Creating a Lean University
by Peter Hines & Sarah Lethbridge - 57-60 New Development: Leading Lean Action to Transform Housing Services
by David McQuade - 61-64 New Development: What are the Challenges in Transferring Lean Thinking to Government?
by Eric A. Scorsone
November 2007, Volume 27, Issue 5
- 303-303 Editorial: Growing Again!
by Andrew Gray & Jane Broadbent & Michaela Lavender - 303-304 Debate: Back to the Future—Local Tax
by Jim Gallagher - 305-306 Debate: Public--Private Health Partnerships in Prison Health Care—the Case for a Public Health Focus
by Niyi Awofeso - 307-314 The Challenge of Competitive Procurement: Value for Money Versus Small Business Support
by Kim Loader - 315-322 Activity-Based Management Systems in Higher Education
by Stuart McChlery & Jim McKendrick & Tom Rolfe - 323-330 Divergence in Policy Between Great Britain and Northern Ireland: The Case of Local Taxation
by Derek Birrell - 331-338 Piloting Public-Private Partnerships: Expensive Lessons from Ireland's Schools' Sector
by Eoin Reeves & James Ryan - 339-344 UK Airport Policy: Does the Government Have Any Influence?
by Ian Humphreys & Stephen Ison & Graham Francis - 345-350 New Development: The Infrastructural Aspect of Social Capital: Suggestions for a Bridge Between Concept and Policy
by Andrew Pinnock - 351-354 New Development: The PFI: Scotland's Plan for Expansion and its Implications
by Mark Hellowell & Allyson M. Pollock
September 2007, Volume 27, Issue 4
- 231-232 Editorial
by Andrew Gray & Christopher Pollitt - 232-235 Academic Advice to Practitioners—the Role and Use of Research-Based Evidence
by Huw Davies & Sandra Nutley & Isabel Walter - 235-237 Is Evidence for Policy Good for Democracy?
by David Walker - 237-240 Going Native: Messages From the World of the Academic Consultant
by Bob Hudson - 240-241 Academics and Practitioners: Speaking Metaphorically
by William Solesbury - 241-243 Local Government Attitudes to External Consultancy Support
by Michael Hughes & Robert Dalziel & Keith Baker & Pam Fox - 245-250 Reducing the Knowledge--Practice Gap: A New Method Applied to Crime Prevention
by Frans L. Leeuw & Leontien M. van der Knaap & Stefan Bogaerts - 251-256 Translating Evidence Into Practice: Why Is It So Difficult?
by Alan Maynard - 257-264 Making Sense of Policy Advice
by Peter M. Jackson - 265-272 Research Councils, Universities and Local Government: Building Bridges
by John Mawson - 273-280 Practising What We Preach? Academic Consultancy in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
by Iain Docherty & Denis Smith - 281-284 New Development: Connecting Public Service Researchers and Practitioners
by Helen Coleman - 285-292 Improvement Boards: Building Capability for Public Service Improvement Through Peer Support
by Carol Yapp & Chris Skelcher - 293-300 Assessing the Quality of Local Governance: A Case Study of Public Services
by Tony Bovaird & Elke Loeffler
June 2007, Volume 27, Issue 3
- 167-168 Editorial
by John Diamond & Joyce Liddle & Mike Rowe & Alan Southern - 169-174 Interpersonal Skills and Reflection in Regeneration Practice
by Carolyn Kagan - 175-180 Delivering Regeneration Skills for Housing Professionals
by Veronica Coatham - 181-188 Skills Training for Regeneration ‘Recipients’
by Simon Pemberton - 189-192 Reflections on Regeneration Management Skills Research
by Joyce Liddle & John Diamond - 193-198 If You Can't Measure It, How Can You Manage It? Management and Governance in Higher Educational Institutions
by Jane Broadbent - 199-206 Chaos, Complexity and Transformations in Social Care Policy in England
by Philip Haynes