Melvin Wingfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 4387449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melvin Wingfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Wingfield |
| SIGNATURE | WINGFIELD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Are Independent Councillors Really Conservatives in Disguise
A feature of English local political folklore is the belief among national political parties, that Independent councillors are Conservatives in disguise. Yet, little evidence is given to support this idea because little is known about these councillors’ beliefs and assumptions or how they distinguish themselves from the party politics they eschew. In this article we address the question: Are all Independent councillors really Conservatives? The a…
Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm
There has been a gradual decline in the status of local government within the English governance framework as a result of central unwillingness to see it as either local or government. The centre has been aided in the depoliticising of local government by literature which minimises, ignores or seeks to remove any element of the political from local government. The paper reviews the process by which local government has been delocalised and depoli…
Are governmental culture departments important? An empirical investigation
There are many claims that the involvement of national governments with the cultural policy sector tends to err towards being undertaken reluctantly and with relatively low levels of practical support (Gray, 2009; McCall, 2009; Mulcahy, 2006; Rindzeviciute, 2008; Wyszomirski, 1999). Such a position for national governments can be explained as being a consequence of political choices to avoid accusations of state censorship or manipulation, or a l…
Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda
1999). Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda: Prioritisation or marginalisation? Local Government Studies: Vol. 25, Renewing Local Democracy? The Modernisation Agenda in British Local Government, pp. 46-59
Petty Bureaucracy and Woollyminded Liberalism? The Changing Ethos of Local Government Officers
Most discussions of the public service ethos ( pse ) have offered polemical accounts of how recent reforms have eroded the distinguishing values of public servants without ever defining this ethos or considering its relationship to other aspects of the public sector. This article considers the deeper and more structural implications of the pse by characterizing it as a political institution that shares the features of‘new institutionalism’. It co…
Petty Bureaucracy and Woollyminded Liberalism? The Changing Ethos of Local Government Officers
Most discussions of the public service ethos ( pse ) have offered polemical accounts of how recent reforms have eroded the distinguishing values of public servants without ever defining this ethos or considering its relationship to other aspects of the public sector. This article considers the deeper and more structural implications of the pse by characterizing it as a political institution that shares the features of‘new institutionalism’. It co…
Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda
1999). Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda: Prioritisation or marginalisation? Local Government Studies: Vol. 25, Renewing Local Democracy? The Modernisation Agenda in British Local Government, pp. 46-59
Are governmental culture departments important? An empirical investigation
There are many claims that the involvement of national governments with the cultural policy sector tends to err towards being undertaken reluctantly and with relatively low levels of practical support (Gray, 2009; McCall, 2009; Mulcahy, 2006; Rindzeviciute, 2008; Wyszomirski, 1999). Such a position for national governments can be explained as being a consequence of political choices to avoid accusations of state censorship or manipulation, or a l…
Are Independent Councillors Really Conservatives in Disguise
A feature of English local political folklore is the belief among national political parties, that Independent councillors are Conservatives in disguise. Yet, little evidence is given to support this idea because little is known about these councillors’ beliefs and assumptions or how they distinguish themselves from the party politics they eschew. In this article we address the question: Are all Independent councillors really Conservatives? The a…
Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm
There has been a gradual decline in the status of local government within the English governance framework as a result of central unwillingness to see it as either local or government. The centre has been aided in the depoliticising of local government by literature which minimises, ignores or seeks to remove any element of the political from local government. The paper reviews the process by which local government has been delocalised and depoli…
Petty Bureaucracy and Woollyminded Liberalism? The Changing Ethos of Local Government Officers
Most discussions of the public service ethos ( pse ) have offered polemical accounts of how recent reforms have eroded the distinguishing values of public servants without ever defining this ethos or considering its relationship to other aspects of the public sector. This article considers the deeper and more structural implications of the pse by characterizing it as a political institution that shares the features of‘new institutionalism’. It co…
Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda
1999). Public participation and the democratic renewal agenda: Prioritisation or marginalisation? Local Government Studies: Vol. 25, Renewing Local Democracy? The Modernisation Agenda in British Local Government, pp. 46-59
Are governmental culture departments important? An empirical investigation
There are many claims that the involvement of national governments with the cultural policy sector tends to err towards being undertaken reluctantly and with relatively low levels of practical support (Gray, 2009; McCall, 2009; Mulcahy, 2006; Rindzeviciute, 2008; Wyszomirski, 1999). Such a position for national governments can be explained as being a consequence of political choices to avoid accusations of state censorship or manipulation, or a l…
Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm
There has been a gradual decline in the status of local government within the English governance framework as a result of central unwillingness to see it as either local or government. The centre has been aided in the depoliticising of local government by literature which minimises, ignores or seeks to remove any element of the political from local government. The paper reviews the process by which local government has been delocalised and depoli…
Are Independent Councillors Really Conservatives in Disguise
A feature of English local political folklore is the belief among national political parties, that Independent councillors are Conservatives in disguise. Yet, little evidence is given to support this idea because little is known about these councillors’ beliefs and assumptions or how they distinguish themselves from the party politics they eschew. In this article we address the question: Are all Independent councillors really Conservatives? The a…
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