Local Government in the United Kingdom - Wilson, David / Game, Chris
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The state of perpetual change that characterised British local government during the Thatcher/Major years did not end with the election of New Labour in 1997. The Blair Administration developed is own 'modernisation agenda' for local government: Democratic Renewal, Best Value services, Beacon Councils, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Service Agreements, and, for the first time in British history, directly elected executive mayors.
This completely revised third edition of the leading local government text evaluates these changes, as well as the likely impact of broader processes of…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The state of perpetual change that characterised British local government during the Thatcher/Major years did not end with the election of New Labour in 1997. The Blair Administration developed is own 'modernisation agenda' for local government: Democratic Renewal, Best Value services, Beacon Councils, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Service Agreements, and, for the first time in British history, directly elected executive mayors.
This completely revised third edition of the leading local government text evaluates these changes, as well as the likely impact of broader processes of political and economic change and Labour's second term agenda.

PART 1: LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE BASICS
Introduction: Our Aims and Approach
Themes and Issues in Local Government
Why Elected Local Government?
The Development of Local Government
External Structures
Internal Structures
Changing Functions
Governance and Partnership
Central-Local Government Relations
Local Finance
PART 2: THE POLITICS AND PEOPLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local Elections
The Voice of Choice
The Local Government Workforce
Political Parties
Who Makes Policy?
Local Pressure Groups: The Exercise of Influence
PART 3: FROM CHANGE TO MODERNISATION
Management Change
Democratic Renewal?
Bibliography
Autorenporträt
DAVID WILSON is Professor of Public Administration and Head of the Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester.

CHRIS GAME is Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham.