L J Sharpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 280210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L J Sharpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | L J |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharpe |
| SIGNATURE | SHARPE L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Local Government Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 253 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The Government of World Cities: The Future of the Metro Model
The Future of Metropolitan Government (L. Sharpe). The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (A. Grimaldos & C. Ferrer). Dilemmas of Size: The Rise and Fall of the Greater Copenhagen Council (F. Bruun). Unigov: Local Government in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana (W. Blomquist & R. Parks). The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council (B. Crosby & J. Bryson). The Abolition of the Greater London Council: Is There a Case for Resurrection? (L. Sharpe). Metropol…
Metropolitan governance: American/Canadian intergovernmental perspectives
An Obituary: Aaron Wildavsky
Fragmentation and Territoriality in the European State System
Western Europe has been integrating since 1950, but such a process must not be confused with state absorption. The EEC and NATO probably enhance national statehood more than they diminish it. Equally, integration has been paralleled by peripheral disintegration even since 1945. This is because many states are multicultural. This process may continue, but its origins are complex, being derived from the evolution of nationalist ideology in the nine…
The growth and decentralisation of the modern democratic state
That modern democratic governments have grown is beyond dispute, as is the fact that this growth has promoted intense misgivings amongst a number of writers, not least amongst the followers of Hayek. But an examination of the growth in governmental activity reveals that it is the sub‐national level of government which has absorbed a greater share of governmental growth than the centre. The author continues by exploring a number of reasons for thi…
The West European state: The territorial dimension
Does Politics Matter? The Determinants of Public Policy
Devolution and Celtic nationalism in the UK
Other than the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices, the UK is exceptional in lacking a uniform level of government or administration between central and local government. There have been various attempts to fill this gap. The most important arose because of an upsurge of Celtic nationalism in the early 1960s which resulted in the Scotland and Wales Acts of 1978. Neither was implemented, however, and both were rescinded in 1979. Whether t…
Central Coordination and the Policy Network
Where responsibility for a public service is divided between the centre and sub-national government, legislative intention is unlikely to match service delivery. This is the implementation gap or control deficit, which, it is claimed, will always arise because of inherent limitations on central coordinative capacity. However, this claim seems to be derived from states like West Germany where conditions are such that the centre is severely handica…
Functional allocation in the welfare state
The Local Fiscal Crisis in Western Europe. Myths and Realities
Dogmatism and pragmatism in France and Britain
British Dogmatism and French Pragmatism: Central‐Local Policymaking in the Welfare State. By Douglas E. Ashford. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1982. Pp. xvii + 406. £27.50
Some Recent Urban Studies: A Review
The failure of local government modernization in Britain: A critique of functionalism
Modernizing local government systems to meet changing needs and urbanization is common to most Western democracies. This article examines the British local government modernization which, it argues, placed far too much emphasis on improving the system's functional capacity and too little to improving its democratic quality. The overemphasis on functionalism has been most decisive in relation to creating wider areas for planning and transportation…
Is There a Fiscal Crisis in Western European Local Government
Taking as a point of departure the recently discussed fiscal crisis of the state, the question of whether there is a similar crisis of local governments in industrial countries is addressed. The countries surveyed indicate that there is such a crisis in some countries but not in others. What comes out of a cross-national analysis of local governments is that fiscal strain emerges with the stagflation of 1973; that countries whose local government…
Editors’ Introduction Urban Policy Studies: Prospects For Convergence
Local Outputs Research: Some Reflections and Proposals
Research into politics is the art of the possible, and of all the possible approaches open to the political scientist in pursuit of some of the timeless questions of the discipline, the study of the fiscal and budgetary policies of government is one of the most vital. This is because it reflects such fundamental aspects of government as the setting of priorities, the allocation of resources, and the scope of the public sector itself. In other wor…
The Social Scientist and Policy-making: Some Cautionary Thoughts and Transatlantic Reflections
There has been a rapid increase in public policy by social scientists over the last ten years, but much of the literature that attempts to discuss the contribution that social scientists might make to public policy-making appears to be overoptimistic and exaggerates the potential contribution that social science might make. One reason for this may be that it has drawn too much on the American experience which is not applicable to the British cont…
Haldane Essay Competition 1973 Report of Adjudicators
American Democracy Reconsidered: A Note
Professor Greenstein has asked me to point out that his article, which I criticized in this Journal ('American Democracy Reconsidered, Part II and Conclusion’, III (1973), 129–67, p. 152), was a slightly condensed version of the original taken from P. Coulter, ed., The Politics of Metropolitan Areas. The original article appeared in The Annals of th American Academy of Political and Social Science, 353 (1964), and included the following
American Democracy Reconsidered: Part II and Conclusions
The overall conclusion to be drawn from the discussion contained in Part I of this article is that, even in respect of what are usually regarded in the literature as being some of its more distinctively democratic characteristics, the American system of urban government is lacking. It may even be in these respects less democratic than the British. Whether it is agreed that the attributes discussed in Part I are those of a democracy or not, by its…
American Democracy Reconsidered: Part I
In his celebrated study of American democracy written in 1888, Lord Bryce reserved his most condemnatory reflections for city government and in a muchquoted passage asserted: ‘There is no denying that the government of cities is the one conspicuous failure of the United States. The deficiencies of the National government tell but little for evil on the welfare of the people. The faults of the State governments are insignificant compared with the …
Theories and Values of Local Government
The Power Structure: Political Process in American Society
Voting in Cities
Theories and Values of Local Government
American Democracy Reconsidered: Part I
In his celebrated study of American democracy written in 1888, Lord Bryce reserved his most condemnatory reflections for city government and in a muchquoted passage asserted: ‘There is no denying that the government of cities is the one conspicuous failure of the United States. The deficiencies of the National government tell but little for evil on the welfare of the people. The faults of the State governments are insignificant compared with the …
Central Coordination and the Policy Network
Where responsibility for a public service is divided between the centre and sub-national government, legislative intention is unlikely to match service delivery. This is the implementation gap or control deficit, which, it is claimed, will always arise because of inherent limitations on central coordinative capacity. However, this claim seems to be derived from states like West Germany where conditions are such that the centre is severely handica…
The Government of World Cities: The Future of the Metro Model
The Future of Metropolitan Government (L. Sharpe). The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (A. Grimaldos & C. Ferrer). Dilemmas of Size: The Rise and Fall of the Greater Copenhagen Council (F. Bruun). Unigov: Local Government in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana (W. Blomquist & R. Parks). The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council (B. Crosby & J. Bryson). The Abolition of the Greater London Council: Is There a Case for Resurrection? (L. Sharpe). Metropol…
The growth and decentralisation of the modern democratic state
That modern democratic governments have grown is beyond dispute, as is the fact that this growth has promoted intense misgivings amongst a number of writers, not least amongst the followers of Hayek. But an examination of the growth in governmental activity reveals that it is the sub‐national level of government which has absorbed a greater share of governmental growth than the centre. The author continues by exploring a number of reasons for thi…
Local Outputs Research: Some Reflections and Proposals
Research into politics is the art of the possible, and of all the possible approaches open to the political scientist in pursuit of some of the timeless questions of the discipline, the study of the fiscal and budgetary policies of government is one of the most vital. This is because it reflects such fundamental aspects of government as the setting of priorities, the allocation of resources, and the scope of the public sector itself. In other wor…
Fragmentation and Territoriality in the European State System
Western Europe has been integrating since 1950, but such a process must not be confused with state absorption. The EEC and NATO probably enhance national statehood more than they diminish it. Equally, integration has been paralleled by peripheral disintegration even since 1945. This is because many states are multicultural. This process may continue, but its origins are complex, being derived from the evolution of nationalist ideology in the nine…
The Social Scientist and Policy-making: Some Cautionary Thoughts and Transatlantic Reflections
There has been a rapid increase in public policy by social scientists over the last ten years, but much of the literature that attempts to discuss the contribution that social scientists might make to public policy-making appears to be overoptimistic and exaggerates the potential contribution that social science might make. One reason for this may be that it has drawn too much on the American experience which is not applicable to the British cont…
Elected Representatives in Local Government
r nHERE are over so,ooo councillors and aldermen involved in the local government of England and Wales. They spend , annually upwards of £Isoom. of public money and are collectively a larger employer than the central government. Yet very little is known about who these people are. In recent years it is true they have become the subject of some discussion, most of it, and I shall return to this point later, concerned with largely unsubstantiated a…
Functional allocation in the welfare state
Devolution and Celtic nationalism in the UK
Other than the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices, the UK is exceptional in lacking a uniform level of government or administration between central and local government. There have been various attempts to fill this gap. The most important arose because of an upsurge of Celtic nationalism in the early 1960s which resulted in the Scotland and Wales Acts of 1978. Neither was implemented, however, and both were rescinded in 1979. Whether t…
American Democracy Reconsidered: Part II and Conclusions
The overall conclusion to be drawn from the discussion contained in Part I of this article is that, even in respect of what are usually regarded in the literature as being some of its more distinctively democratic characteristics, the American system of urban government is lacking. It may even be in these respects less democratic than the British. Whether it is agreed that the attributes discussed in Part I are those of a democracy or not, by its…
The Politics of Local Government in Greater London
The failure of local government modernization in Britain: A critique of functionalism
Modernizing local government systems to meet changing needs and urbanization is common to most Western democracies. This article examines the British local government modernization which, it argues, placed far too much emphasis on improving the system's functional capacity and too little to improving its democratic quality. The overemphasis on functionalism has been most decisive in relation to creating wider areas for planning and transportation…
Is There a Fiscal Crisis in Western European Local Government
Taking as a point of departure the recently discussed fiscal crisis of the state, the question of whether there is a similar crisis of local governments in industrial countries is addressed. The countries surveyed indicate that there is such a crisis in some countries but not in others. What comes out of a cross-national analysis of local governments is that fiscal strain emerges with the stagflation of 1973; that countries whose local government…
The West European state: The territorial dimension
Leadership and Representation in Local Government
The Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London
Editors’ Introduction Urban Policy Studies: Prospects For Convergence
The Politics of Local Government in Greater London
The Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London
Elected Representatives in Local Government
r nHERE are over so,ooo councillors and aldermen involved in the local government of England and Wales. They spend , annually upwards of £Isoom. of public money and are collectively a larger employer than the central government. Yet very little is known about who these people are. In recent years it is true they have become the subject of some discussion, most of it, and I shall return to this point later, concerned with largely unsubstantiated a…
Leadership and Representation in Local Government
Voting in Cities
The Power Structure: Political Process in American Society
Theories and Values of Local Government
American Democracy Reconsidered: Part II and Conclusions
The overall conclusion to be drawn from the discussion contained in Part I of this article is that, even in respect of what are usually regarded in the literature as being some of its more distinctively democratic characteristics, the American system of urban government is lacking. It may even be in these respects less democratic than the British. Whether it is agreed that the attributes discussed in Part I are those of a democracy or not, by its…
American Democracy Reconsidered: Part I
In his celebrated study of American democracy written in 1888, Lord Bryce reserved his most condemnatory reflections for city government and in a muchquoted passage asserted: ‘There is no denying that the government of cities is the one conspicuous failure of the United States. The deficiencies of the National government tell but little for evil on the welfare of the people. The faults of the State governments are insignificant compared with the …
Haldane Essay Competition 1973 Report of Adjudicators
American Democracy Reconsidered: A Note
Professor Greenstein has asked me to point out that his article, which I criticized in this Journal ('American Democracy Reconsidered, Part II and Conclusion’, III (1973), 129–67, p. 152), was a slightly condensed version of the original taken from P. Coulter, ed., The Politics of Metropolitan Areas. The original article appeared in The Annals of th American Academy of Political and Social Science, 353 (1964), and included the following
The Social Scientist and Policy-making: Some Cautionary Thoughts and Transatlantic Reflections
There has been a rapid increase in public policy by social scientists over the last ten years, but much of the literature that attempts to discuss the contribution that social scientists might make to public policy-making appears to be overoptimistic and exaggerates the potential contribution that social science might make. One reason for this may be that it has drawn too much on the American experience which is not applicable to the British cont…
Editors’ Introduction Urban Policy Studies: Prospects For Convergence
Local Outputs Research: Some Reflections and Proposals
Research into politics is the art of the possible, and of all the possible approaches open to the political scientist in pursuit of some of the timeless questions of the discipline, the study of the fiscal and budgetary policies of government is one of the most vital. This is because it reflects such fundamental aspects of government as the setting of priorities, the allocation of resources, and the scope of the public sector itself. In other wor…
Is There a Fiscal Crisis in Western European Local Government
Taking as a point of departure the recently discussed fiscal crisis of the state, the question of whether there is a similar crisis of local governments in industrial countries is addressed. The countries surveyed indicate that there is such a crisis in some countries but not in others. What comes out of a cross-national analysis of local governments is that fiscal strain emerges with the stagflation of 1973; that countries whose local government…
Some Recent Urban Studies: A Review
The failure of local government modernization in Britain: A critique of functionalism
Modernizing local government systems to meet changing needs and urbanization is common to most Western democracies. This article examines the British local government modernization which, it argues, placed far too much emphasis on improving the system's functional capacity and too little to improving its democratic quality. The overemphasis on functionalism has been most decisive in relation to creating wider areas for planning and transportation…
The Local Fiscal Crisis in Western Europe. Myths and Realities
Dogmatism and pragmatism in France and Britain
British Dogmatism and French Pragmatism: Central‐Local Policymaking in the Welfare State. By Douglas E. Ashford. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1982. Pp. xvii + 406. £27.50
Functional allocation in the welfare state
Does Politics Matter? The Determinants of Public Policy
Devolution and Celtic nationalism in the UK
Other than the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Offices, the UK is exceptional in lacking a uniform level of government or administration between central and local government. There have been various attempts to fill this gap. The most important arose because of an upsurge of Celtic nationalism in the early 1960s which resulted in the Scotland and Wales Acts of 1978. Neither was implemented, however, and both were rescinded in 1979. Whether t…
Central Coordination and the Policy Network
Where responsibility for a public service is divided between the centre and sub-national government, legislative intention is unlikely to match service delivery. This is the implementation gap or control deficit, which, it is claimed, will always arise because of inherent limitations on central coordinative capacity. However, this claim seems to be derived from states like West Germany where conditions are such that the centre is severely handica…
The West European state: The territorial dimension
The growth and decentralisation of the modern democratic state
That modern democratic governments have grown is beyond dispute, as is the fact that this growth has promoted intense misgivings amongst a number of writers, not least amongst the followers of Hayek. But an examination of the growth in governmental activity reveals that it is the sub‐national level of government which has absorbed a greater share of governmental growth than the centre. The author continues by exploring a number of reasons for thi…
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