What is the current state of local government in Britain and where is it going? Edited by two leading experts and with an all-star cast of contributors, British Local Government into the 21st Century brings together a set of specially-commissioned and tightly-edited chapters to provide a comprehensive assessment of the issues and challenges facing local authorities as they search for a new role in a new century.
What is the current state of local government in Britain and where is it going? Edited by two leading experts and with an all-star cast of contributors, British Local Government into the 21st Century brings together a set of specially-commissioned and tightly-edited chapters to provide a comprehensive assessment of the issues and challenges facing local authorities as they search for a new role in a new century.
Gerry Stoker is Professor of Governance at the University of Southampton, UK.
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Introduction; G.Stoker & D.Wilson PART ONE: GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS New Patterns of Central-Local Government Relations; D.Wilson The New Governance of Communities; C.Skelcher Strengthening Political Leadership? More Than Mayors; P.John Liberated or Lost Souls: Is There a Role for Non-executive Councillors?; S.Snape Political Parties at the Local Level; S.Leach The Local Bureaucrat: A Block to Reform or a Key to Unlocking Change?; F.Gains PART TWO: DEVELOPMENTS IN SERVICE PROVISION AND FINANCE Education No Longer a Role for Local Government?; K.Donnelly Governing Health and Social Care; K.A.Clarke & S.Harrison Rethinking Planning and Housing; A.Murie Local Government Finance: Busy Going Nowhere?; T.Travers PART THREE: PROSPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES Regionalism and the Challenge for Local Authorities; J.Tomaney Community Governance and Local Government: A Shoe that Fits or the Emperor's New Clothes?; H.Sullivan Returning to Local Governance in Healthcare?; K.Walshe Institutions, Politics and People: Making Local Politics Work; L.Pratchett Reformers or Recidivists: Has Local Government Really Changed?; V.Lowndes Conclusions: New Ways of Being Local Government; G.Stoker & D.Wilson.
Introduction; G.Stoker & D.Wilson PART ONE: GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS New Patterns of Central-Local Government Relations; D.Wilson The New Governance of Communities; C.Skelcher Strengthening Political Leadership? More Than Mayors; P.John Liberated or Lost Souls: Is There a Role for Non-executive Councillors?; S.Snape Political Parties at the Local Level; S.Leach The Local Bureaucrat: A Block to Reform or a Key to Unlocking Change?; F.Gains PART TWO: DEVELOPMENTS IN SERVICE PROVISION AND FINANCE Education No Longer a Role for Local Government?; K.Donnelly Governing Health and Social Care; K.A.Clarke & S.Harrison Rethinking Planning and Housing; A.Murie Local Government Finance: Busy Going Nowhere?; T.Travers PART THREE: PROSPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES Regionalism and the Challenge for Local Authorities; J.Tomaney Community Governance and Local Government: A Shoe that Fits or the Emperor's New Clothes?; H.Sullivan Returning to Local Governance in Healthcare?; K.Walshe Institutions, Politics and People: Making Local Politics Work; L.Pratchett Reformers or Recidivists: Has Local Government Really Changed?; V.Lowndes Conclusions: New Ways of Being Local Government; G.Stoker & D.Wilson.
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