Explaining the Puzzles in Policy Change
Local Finance Reform in Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glen Bramley (0000-0002-3543-682X, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-65 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x00004670 |
| OpenAlex | W2111544879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
This paper compares four different theoretical accounts of the reform of British local government finance at the end of the 1980s: public choice, marxian political economy, bureaucratic process, and party politics. Five key questions are identified as the most essential and puzzling features of the change: why reform; the timing of reform and implementation; the national non-domestic rate; the choice of a poll tax; and why the ‘final solution’ of direct central control has been eschewed. The ability of each theoretical approach in answering these five key questions is then assessed in the light of what we know about the history and logic of local government finance in Britain. The conclusion is that the reform can be explained, but that no single theoretical approach can give a completely satisfactory account. Overall, a competitive party politics model, complemented by public choice ideology and bureaucratic process, gives the fullest explanation
Bureaucracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Key (lock · Macroeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public choice · Public economics · Public finance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration
Control and Power in Central-Local Government Relations
Local government finance in a unitary state
Britain's Economic Problem
The Fiscal Crisis of the State
The Politics of Local Government
The Political Economy of the Welfare State
An economic theory of democracy
The Calculus of Consent
The Private Government of Public Money
Contradictions of the Welfare State
Incrementalism Run Amok? Local Government Finance in Britain
Explaining the Privatization Boom
British Farce, French Drama and Tales of Two Cities
Local Government Under Siege
A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures
Fiscal Tiers
Destroying Local Leviathans and Designing Landscapes of Liberty? Public Choice Theory and the Poll Tax
Does central government need to control the total of local government spending
Still Muddling, Not Yet Through
Block Grant
The Local Economy and Local Economic Strategies
How Far is the Poll Tax a ‘Communitv Charge’? The Implications of Service Usage Evidence
Horizontal disparities and equalization
Paying for local government
Why was the GLC abolished
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |