Consensus and Controversy

The theme of this wide-ranging study is a post-war British political consensus, placed in the context of local municipal reconstruction and the changing structural ethos in local government in Nottingham during the two decades from 1945. The book examines not only those policy areas central to post-war welfarism in which local authorities played a significant role, such as housing and education, but extends the analysis to cover new permissive responsibilities such as arts and leisure provision.