Modernity, modernization and the de-institutionalisation of incremental budgeting in local government
Seal, Willie (2003) Modernity, modernization and the de-institutionalisation of incremental budgeting in local government. Financial Accountability and Management, 19, (2), 93-116. (doi:10.1111/1468-0408.00165).
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Description/Abstract
Governmental reform programs in the UK have a long history of failed attempts to end incrementalism in local government budgeting. Drawing on structuration theory, incrementalism is presented as institutionalized organizational behaviour. From this perspective, the recent New Labour reform agenda may be interpreted via a theory of de-institutionalization. The approach is illustrated through an analysis of recent developments in a large UK metropolitan authority where new political structures, inspection regimes and regulatory pressures are beginning to challenge incrementalism. A new belief in the measurability of public sector performance seems to be legitimized by a post-bureaucratic modernity rather than any significant technical innovations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0267-4424 (print) 1468-0408 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | incrementalism, deinstitutionalization, structuration, modernization, modernity |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HG Finance J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Management |
| Item ID: | 182619 |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2011 09:09 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:36 |
| Contributors: | Seal, Willie (Author) |
| Date: | May 2003 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/182619 |
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