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Political Pressure and Government Inaction
Author(s) -
Barnes John
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1986.tb01756.x
Subject(s) - politics , government (linguistics) , voucher , public administration , political science , management , law , economics , philosophy , accounting , linguistics
The origin of the decision to abandon the education voucher in 1983 can be found in objections to the scheme by Department of Education officials and political cold feet in the governing Party. John Barnes, Lecturer in Government of the London Schoof of Economics, now Vice‐Chairman of Kent County Council, orgues that, with the requisite political will, these obstacles could have been overcome much sooner.