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Many governments in Western Europe, confronted with seemingly ungovernable societies and increasing public expenditure and regulation, decided since about the 1980s to diminish their role. Deregulation, privatization, decentralizsation and budget cuts were the result.
‘Largely thanks to better communications, the world is becoming more interactive, which has both its positive and negative aspects’ (Dror, 1994:13).
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Pröpper, I. (1997). Communicative Steering and Regulation: Shifting Actors, Objectives and Priorities. In: Boorsma, P.B., Aarts, K., Steenge, A.E. (eds) Public Priority Setting: Rules and Costs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1487-2_13
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