Local Government in Scotland: Reform or Decline?

✍ Scribed by Arthur Midwinter (auth.)

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 189
Series: Government Beyond the Centre
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Political Context....Pages 1-10
The Road to Reform....Pages 11-29
Reforming Local Government Finance....Pages 30-53
Privatising Municipal Provision....Pages 54-85
Reshaping Local Authorities....Pages 86-109
Defending Local Government in Practice and Theory....Pages 110-141
Problems of Implementation....Pages 142-157
Back Matter....Pages 158-173

✦ Subjects

Public Policy; Political Science

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