Rob Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rob Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rob |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Dream Lands
Assessing Relative Spending Needs of Devolved Government
Ball R., Eiser D. and King D. Assessing relative spending needs of devolved government: the case of healthcare spending in the UK, Regional Studies. The block grants allocated to the UK's devolved administrations are not determined by any estimate of their spending needs. There are increasing calls to replace the current grant allocation mechanism with one that explicitly considers the devolved administrations' spending needs. This paper compares…
Evaluation of Partnership Working within a Community Planning Context
Partnership working has become an increasingly popular way of delivering public services. It is essential, however, that partnership working actually leads to the delivery of improved public services and evaluation will be required to ensure this is happening. This paper outlines efforts to evaluate the performance of a Community Planning Partnership in the East of Scotland. Community Planning Partnerships were instigated to try to reintegrate th…
The Evaluation of Partnership Working in the Delivery of Health and Social Care
Recent Government policy in the UK has resulted in a rapid growth of partnership working. This has lead to a need for the evaluation of partnership performance, particularly in the area of health and social care partnerships. Methodologies were developed to evaluate progress on both ‘process’ and ‘outcome’ aspects of partnership working and this was applied to evaluating the performance of three Community Health Partnerships in Central Scotland. …
The environmental spending needs of Scotland's local authorities
Scottish citizens benefit from 19% more public spending per head than English citizens. The ‘Barnett formula’ is slowly reducing the gap, but very little is known about the countries’ relative needs and hence about how far the present gap is defensible: the aim of this paper is to throw some light on the countries’ relative needs. We begin with the complex formulae that the Westminster government uses to assess the spending needs of English local…
Some Lessons from Using PFI for School Building Projects
This article describes some lessons gained from observing the developments of PFI projects for provision of school buildings. The research, which was primarily based on participant observation methodology, aims to identify key issues relevant to the effective management of such projects. It also attempts to investigate ways in which the PFI process may be changing in this area. Issues covered in the research include motivation, staffing, ownershi…
Private Finance Initiative – a good deal for the public purse or a drain on future generations
English The Private Finance Initiative (PFI), introduced by the Conservatives in 1992, has been enthusiastically embraced by the Labour government, with projects worth £12 billion (capital cost) signed between 1997 and 2000. The charge to the public sector includes the capital cost and a charge for the service, with the resulting ‘unitary payment’ charged over the life of the contract which may extend beyond 20 years. PFI is thought to have advan…
Local authority anti-poverty strategies in Scotland
This study examines the management and development of Scottish local authority anti-poverty strategies. Whilst studies of anti-poverty strategies have been carried out within England and Wales, nothing of the same depth has been conducted in Scotland. The study was carried out immediately prior to local government reorganization in order to understand key issues and gain lessons for good practice. The research involved the distribution of a posta…
Performance review
Performance Review
This paper explores the growth in interest in performance review in the local government context. It reviews the role which Central Government and the Audit Commission have played in bringing pressure to bear on local authorities to introduce review systems whilst recognising that pressure has also come from within councils. The accountability implications of the adoption of PR are considered as is the impact which the Citizen's Charter legislati…
Private Finance Initiative – a good deal for the public purse or a drain on future generations
English The Private Finance Initiative (PFI), introduced by the Conservatives in 1992, has been enthusiastically embraced by the Labour government, with projects worth £12 billion (capital cost) signed between 1997 and 2000. The charge to the public sector includes the capital cost and a charge for the service, with the resulting ‘unitary payment’ charged over the life of the contract which may extend beyond 20 years. PFI is thought to have advan…
Evaluation of Partnership Working within a Community Planning Context
Partnership working has become an increasingly popular way of delivering public services. It is essential, however, that partnership working actually leads to the delivery of improved public services and evaluation will be required to ensure this is happening. This paper outlines efforts to evaluate the performance of a Community Planning Partnership in the East of Scotland. Community Planning Partnerships were instigated to try to reintegrate th…
Assessing Relative Spending Needs of Devolved Government
Ball R., Eiser D. and King D. Assessing relative spending needs of devolved government: the case of healthcare spending in the UK, Regional Studies. The block grants allocated to the UK's devolved administrations are not determined by any estimate of their spending needs. There are increasing calls to replace the current grant allocation mechanism with one that explicitly considers the devolved administrations' spending needs. This paper compares…
Performance review
Performance Review
This paper explores the growth in interest in performance review in the local government context. It reviews the role which Central Government and the Audit Commission have played in bringing pressure to bear on local authorities to introduce review systems whilst recognising that pressure has also come from within councils. The accountability implications of the adoption of PR are considered as is the impact which the Citizen's Charter legislati…
Performance Review
This paper explores the growth in interest in performance review in the local government context. It reviews the role which Central Government and the Audit Commission have played in bringing pressure to bear on local authorities to introduce review systems whilst recognising that pressure has also come from within councils. The accountability implications of the adoption of PR are considered as is the impact which the Citizen's Charter legislati…
Performance review
Local authority anti-poverty strategies in Scotland
This study examines the management and development of Scottish local authority anti-poverty strategies. Whilst studies of anti-poverty strategies have been carried out within England and Wales, nothing of the same depth has been conducted in Scotland. The study was carried out immediately prior to local government reorganization in order to understand key issues and gain lessons for good practice. The research involved the distribution of a posta…
Private Finance Initiative – a good deal for the public purse or a drain on future generations
English The Private Finance Initiative (PFI), introduced by the Conservatives in 1992, has been enthusiastically embraced by the Labour government, with projects worth £12 billion (capital cost) signed between 1997 and 2000. The charge to the public sector includes the capital cost and a charge for the service, with the resulting ‘unitary payment’ charged over the life of the contract which may extend beyond 20 years. PFI is thought to have advan…
Some Lessons from Using PFI for School Building Projects
This article describes some lessons gained from observing the developments of PFI projects for provision of school buildings. The research, which was primarily based on participant observation methodology, aims to identify key issues relevant to the effective management of such projects. It also attempts to investigate ways in which the PFI process may be changing in this area. Issues covered in the research include motivation, staffing, ownershi…
The environmental spending needs of Scotland's local authorities
Scottish citizens benefit from 19% more public spending per head than English citizens. The ‘Barnett formula’ is slowly reducing the gap, but very little is known about the countries’ relative needs and hence about how far the present gap is defensible: the aim of this paper is to throw some light on the countries’ relative needs. We begin with the complex formulae that the Westminster government uses to assess the spending needs of English local…
Evaluation of Partnership Working within a Community Planning Context
Partnership working has become an increasingly popular way of delivering public services. It is essential, however, that partnership working actually leads to the delivery of improved public services and evaluation will be required to ensure this is happening. This paper outlines efforts to evaluate the performance of a Community Planning Partnership in the East of Scotland. Community Planning Partnerships were instigated to try to reintegrate th…
The Evaluation of Partnership Working in the Delivery of Health and Social Care
Recent Government policy in the UK has resulted in a rapid growth of partnership working. This has lead to a need for the evaluation of partnership performance, particularly in the area of health and social care partnerships. Methodologies were developed to evaluate progress on both ‘process’ and ‘outcome’ aspects of partnership working and this was applied to evaluating the performance of three Community Health Partnerships in Central Scotland. …
Assessing Relative Spending Needs of Devolved Government
Ball R., Eiser D. and King D. Assessing relative spending needs of devolved government: the case of healthcare spending in the UK, Regional Studies. The block grants allocated to the UK's devolved administrations are not determined by any estimate of their spending needs. There are increasing calls to replace the current grant allocation mechanism with one that explicitly considers the devolved administrations' spending needs. This paper compares…
Dream Lands
Business (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Government (linguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works)