Local Government in the UK
4th Edition
Published on 1. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-4039-9787-6 (ISBN)
Description
Over recent years, changes in local government have been greater and faster than ever: elected mayors and cabinets, overview and scrutiny, Best Value, Comprehensive Performance Assessment, council tax capping and reform...the pace never slackens. The fourth edition of this leading local government textbook - comprehensively revised up to and including the 2006 local elections and subsequent ministerial reshuffle - evaluates these changes and provides an accessible and informed insight into Labour's third-term agenda.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Gordonsville
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-9787-6 (9781403997876)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
David Wilson | etc. | Chris Game
Local Government in the United Kingdom
Book
12/2002
3rd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€27.22
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Persons
DAVID WILSON is Professor of Public Administration and Dean of Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. CHRIS GAME is Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.
Content
PART 1: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE BASICS - Introduction - Our Aims and Approach - Themes and Issues in Local Government - Why Elected Local Government? - The Way it Was - The Way it Is - External Structures - The Way it Is - Internal Structures - Changing Functions - Governance and Partnership - Central-Local Government Relations - Local Finance - PART 2: THE POLITICS AND PEOPLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Local Elections - Christmas Tree Lights? - Councillors - The Voice of Choice - The Local Government Workforce - Political Parties - Who Makes Policy? - Local Pressure Groups - The Exercise of Influence - PART 3: FROM CHANGE TO POST-MODERNISATION - Two Decades of Management Change - The Future or A Future?