Local Government in the United Kingdom

✍ Scribed by David Wilson, Chris Game (auth.)

• Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Series: Government Beyond the Centre
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction — Our Aims and Approach....Pages 3-10
Themes and Issues in Local Government....Pages 11-28
Why Elected Local Government?....Pages 29-40
The Development of Local Government....Pages 41-57
Current Structures....Pages 58-81
Changing Functions: From Government to Governance....Pages 82-98
Central-Local Government Relations....Pages 99-126
The National Local Government System....Pages 127-150
Finance — The Nuts and Bolts....Pages 151-176
Finance — The Recent Story....Pages 177-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Local Elections....Pages 197-213
Councillors — The Voice of Choice....Pages 214-238
The Local Government Workforce....Pages 239-258
Political Parties....Pages 259-281
Who Makes Policy?....Pages 282-292
Local Pressure Groups: The Exercise of Influence....Pages 293-303
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Reorganisation and Beyond....Pages 307-321
Developments in Internal Management....Pages 322-338
The Impact of Compulsory Competitive Tendering....Pages 339-351
The Shape of Things to Come....Pages 352-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-398

✦ Subjects

Public Policy; Management; Political Science