Ensuring the Capacity to Deliver - New Labour and the Public Service Agreement Framework, 1997-2007
Ensuring the Capacity to Deliver - New Labour and the Public Service Agreement Framework, 1997-2007
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确保交付能力 - 新工党和公共服务协议框架，1997-2007 年
DOI：
10.1108/17479886200800028
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2008
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Matthews F
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Matthews F
自1997年以来，工党政府根据联合政府和公共服务提供的两项原则，试图应对早期新公共管理改革的困境和后果。其改革方案的一个关键方面是公共服务协议框架，这是一个基于目标的绩效制度，是政府和实地大多数支出和政策决定的工具。分析其实施和成功，文章认为，从理论上讲，PSA制度提供了一个重要的例子，在距离作为一种形式的政治领导，其中的中心的作用是提供政策交付的战略框架的指导。然而，有几个结构性限制因素阻碍了该框架的有效性，例如普遍存在的白厅部门文化，以及自上而下的绩效管理与当地下放的自治权之间的紧张关系。
Since 1997, the Labour Government sought to respond to the dilemmas and consequences of the earlier New Public Management reforms, according to the two principles of joined‐up government and public service delivery. A key aspect of its reform programme has been the public service agreement (PSA) framework, a target‐based performance regime that acts as a vehicle for the majority of spending and policy decisions across government and on the ground. Analysing its implementation and success, the article suggests that, in theory, the PSA regime provides an important example of steering at a distance as a form of political leadership, wherein the role of the centre is to provide the strategic framework for policy delivery. However, there are several structural constraints that have impeded the effectiveness of the framework, such as the pervading Whitehall departmental culture, and the tensions between top‐down performance management and devolved autonomy on the ground.