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Local Democracy and Local Government

  • Textbook
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Lawrence Pratchett

    1. Department of Public Policy and Managerial Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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  2. David Wilson

    1. Department of Public Policy and Managerial Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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Part of the book series: Government beyond the Centre (GBC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Local Government under Siege

    • Lawrence Pratchett, David Wilson
    Pages 1-19

  3. Why does Local Democracy Matter?

    • Anne Phillips
    Pages 20-37

  4. The Constitutional Status of Local Government

    • Martin Loughlin
    Pages 38-61

  5. Participation in Local Elections

    • Colin Rallings, Michael Temple, Michael Thrasher
    Pages 62-83

  6. Central Government Perceptions of Local Government

    • George Jones, Tony Travers
    Pages 84-105

  7. The Demise of the Public Service Ethos

    • Lawrence Pratchett, Melvin Wingfield
    Pages 106-126

  8. Political Parties and Local Democracy

    • Chris Game, Steve Leach
    Pages 127-149

  9. Quangos and Local Governance

    • Alan Greer, Paul Hoggett
    Pages 150-169

  10. Reforming the New Magistracy

    • John Stewart
    Pages 170-187

  11. Redefining Local Democracy

    • Gerry Stoker
    Pages 188-209

  12. A Power of General Competence for Local Government?

    • Hilary Kitchin
    Pages 210-228

  13. What Future for Local Democracy?

    • Lawrence Pratchett, David Wilson
    Pages 229-249

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 250-256
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About this book

The transformation of local governance in the 1980s and 1990s has put the nature and prospects for local democracy in question. Drawing together original research by leading academics commissioned by the Commission for Local Democracy, this book presents in a lively and accessible form the clearest available picture of the problems of participation, representation and accountability besetting local government, their consequences and possible avenues for reform.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Public Policy and Managerial Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Lawrence Pratchett, David Wilson

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