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What about Financial Sustainability of Local Government!—A Critical Review of Accountability, Transparency, and Public Assurance Arrangements in England during Austerity

Ferry, L.; Murphy, P.

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P. Murphy



Abstract

Austerity strained the financial sustainability of governments and ability of policy-makers to address policy challenges, and so having appropriate accountability and transparency arrangements to assure the public they were getting value for money took on renewed urgency. Comparing and contrasting findings from a critical review of policy developments in English Local Government during the Conservative led coalition central government 2010–2015 with those from related studies on accountability and transparency more generally, the article offers key themes for practitioners and policy-makers seeking to build stronger democratic systems of governance that go well beyond the UK jurisdiction.

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Ferry, L., & Murphy, P. (2018). What about Financial Sustainability of Local Government!—A Critical Review of Accountability, Transparency, and Public Assurance Arrangements in England during Austerity. International Journal of Public Administration, 41(8), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1292285

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 15, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 9, 2017
Publication Date Mar 9, 2018
Deposit Date Dec 19, 2016
Publicly Available Date Sep 9, 2018
Journal International Journal of Public Administration
Print ISSN 0190-0692
Electronic ISSN 1532-4265
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 41
Issue 8
Pages 619-629
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1292285
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1389530

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