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Local Government in the United Kingdom

  • Textbook
  • © 1998

Overview

  • The leading textbook on local government now in a comprehensively revised and updated nd edition

    The only text available which covers the reorganisation of English, Welsh and Scottish local government under Major, and the implications of New Labour's victory in the 997 General Election

    Written and presented in userfriendly style, extensively illustrated with practical examples

    Genuinely UKwide coverage

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

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Local Government: The Basics

  2. The Politics and People of Local Government

  3. An Agenda of Change

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About this book

Now in a comprehensively revised and updated 2nd edition, this book provides a basic, straightforward and up to date introduction to British local government. Recent years have seen local government become an issue of high political salience and continuing financial and structural changes promise to keep it centre stage for some time to come. Placing recent events in context, the book provides an ideal text for students encountering local government for the first time.

About the authors

DAVID WILSON is Professor of Public Administration, De Montfort University.

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

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