Download or read book Explaining local government written by J. A. Chandler and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining local government, available at last in paperback, uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain from 1800 until the present day. The study explains how the institution evolved from a structure that appeared to be relatively free from central government interference to, as John Prescott observes, 'one of the most centralised systems of government in the Western world'. The book is accessible to A level and undergraduate students as an introduction to the development of local government in Britain but also balances values and political practice to provide a unique explanation, using primary research, of the evolution of the system.

Download or read book Local Government in England written by Josef Redlich and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Local Government Today written by J. A. Chandler and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Local Government Today" provides a comprehensive analysis of the structure, finance, management, and democratic framework for local government in Britain. This new edition includes the changes made by Tony Blair's government and an evaluation in a comparative context of the value and effectiveness of the system. A new feature is a running commentary that puts the British system in comparative context and provides basic information on how local government operates in the European Union and the Unites States.

Download or read book Local Government in Britain written by Tony Byrne and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest developments and arguments are explored, as is the reality of the links between local government and local communities. By offering a balanced approach to controversial topics such as Council Tax and capping, the extension of competitive tendering/contracting out of services and the increasingly "enabling" role of local authorities, the book provides the reader with no simple answers; instead, it offers a sufficiently critical account to let us all decide for ourselves.

Download or read book Renewing Local Democracy written by Lawrence Pratchett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together research on different features of the democratic renewal agenda to investigate how local authorities are responding, this text includes a contribution from the main architect of the modernization, Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong.

Download or read book Local Government in Britain written by Great Britain. Central Office of Information. Reference Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Local Government in England written by Josef Redlich and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Local Government in the United Kingdom written by David Wilson and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over recent years changes in British 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.This comprehensively revised fourth edition of the leading local government textbook evaluates these changes and provides an informed insight into Labour's third-term agenda. With its clear, accessible style, Local Government in the United Kingdom will remain essential reading for students, practitioners, and anyone generally interested in local politics.

Download or read book The Nature of British Local Government written by John David Stewart and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distilling a lifetime of work experience by its author, this book provides a broad-ranging analysis of the role of British local government, its methods of working and its historical and contemporary context. John Stewart argues that much past writing has presented local government as if it were a uniform institution. While recognizing that there are uniformities, he stresses the diversity that is to be found in the politics and management of local authorities and analyzes the pressures promoting uniformity and continuity as well as those promoting diversity and change.

Download or read book Reform of Local Government in England written by Great Britain. Department of Local Government and Regional Planning and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Reorganisation of British Local Government written by John Dearlove and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-09-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was first published in 1979, just a few years after the Local Government Act of 1972 redrew the map of British local government. Local authorities were also encouraged to change their organization and methods of work; anxiety was expressed about finance, councillor 'calibre' and the credibility of the whole system itself; and neighbourhood councils and public participation in planning were introduced. John Dearlove's aim is to make sense of these changes and the discussion they generated. He does this by showing that both the official case for reorganization and the academic discussion of it have hindered their own understanding by uncritically accepting superficial traditional wisdoms which fail to reveal the concealed ideological positions behind reorganization. Thus, he aims to develop a truly political perspective on reorganisation which is rounded out and given greater depth by the insertion at appropriate points of comparative material drawn from American experience and studies.

Download or read book The New Management of British Local Governance written by Gerry Stoker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1999-02-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a detailed analysis of the new management of public services at the local level, drawing on the work of the ESRC Local Governance Programme. The radical transformation of public service delivery is assessed in terms of its overall impact as well as its operation in particular service areas. Efficiency has improved and services have gained a user focus yet the new management appears to be full of contradictions and distortions, in many respects creating as many problems as it solves.