| Description |
xiii, 299 pages |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The Context of UK Local Government -- 1. The Evolution of Local Government in the UK -- 2. Theories of Local Government and Local Governance -- 3. British Local Government since 1979: Two Decades of Change -- Pt. II. Local Government from Thatcher to Major Three Dimensions of Change -- 4. The Financing of Local Government -- 5. The Changing Structure and Shape of Local Government -- 6. Local Government and the Private Sector -- Pt. III. Local Government Reinvents Itself? -- 7. Local Elections, Political Realignment and Change in Local Authorities -- 8. Getting Their Own Houses in Order: New Directions in Local Government Internal Organization -- 9. Global Problems, Local Solutions: Local Government and Sustainable Development -- 10. The Europeanization of British Local Government? -- Pt. IV. Sub-national Government under New Labour -- 11. Towards Regional Government? The Introduction of Regional Offices, the Moves towards Devolution and the Notion of Regionalism |
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12. Local Government under New Labour |
| Summary |
"This text summarizes and explains the structure of British local government, focusing on key changes introduced during the Thatcher/Major years and initiatives implemented by the current Labour administration. While offering a detailed discussion of these policies, the book examines how local government has sought to respond in a proactive way to a range of important social, political and economic changes." "This book will be essential reading for lecturers and students of local government, politics, public policy and urban policy, as well as practitioners."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Local government |
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Great Britain |
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Reform |
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History, 1946-1999 |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Local government -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056924
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399
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| Author |
Wilks-Heeg, Stuart.
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| LC no. |
00033612 |
| ISBN |
0745622038 alkaline paper |
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0745622046 paperback : alk. paper |
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