Local Government Reform in Victoria
Local Government Reform in Victoria

Author: Malcolm D. G. Styles

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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The methodology used included a documented questionnaire of a carefully selected focus group of fourteen managers and councillors at the Rural City of Wangaratta followed up by a personal interview process. The researcher has published and presented papers about aspects of the research to a number of relevant conferences and seminars dealing with local-government reform and best value. The research finds that the successful application of the new public management paradigm through the culture of best value in Victorian local government indeed does require organisational quality frameworks, fundamental cultural shifts in attitude by senior managers and councillors, and the harnessing of community interest to achieve improved service delivery and governance outcomes. Inhouse service delivery has been shown to be a success at Wangaratta. Whether the adaptation of new public management principles to the regional municipality has made a difference to citizens has proved to be positive but inconclusive.

Australian Local Government
Australian Local Government

Author: Brian Dollery

Publisher: Macmillan Education AU

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780732929046

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The last few years have seen unprecedented change taking place in the Australian local government arena. In all states the functions and responsibilities of local authorities have been subjected to extensive reform. New legislation has redefined the role of councillors. Local governments have been required to introduce more efficient and effective management practices and become more open and responsive to their constituencies. The scope of traditional regulatory practices has been altered and councils forced to develop a competitive environment for the provision of services. The place of local authorities in the intergovernmental landscape has also changed. Different forms of interaction between Commonwealth, state and local government are evolving along with the emergence of new funding strategies to encourage a regional focus. This is the first book to offer a detailed discussion of the reforms that have taken place, and at the same time provide an informative and readable analysis for practitioners and students of government, politics and public sector management.

Local Government Reform
Local Government Reform

Author: Brian Dollery

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781782543862

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'Written by an impressive array of experts, this book surveys local government reforms in six advanced democracies, federal and unitary, which share a municipal legacy: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. . . The book has an excellent bibliography and will help open up a field heretofore noted for its insularity. Recommended.' - A.J. Ward, Choice

Reshaping Australian Local Government
Reshaping Australian Local Government

Author: Brian Dollery

Publisher: Thomas Telford

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780868406534

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Examines many of the epic changes that have taken place in Australian local government during the past decade, including the debate on amalgamations, the nature of intergovernmental transfers, democratic processes, developments in management and leadership, financial reform, local government failure, and virtual local governance in Australia.