Explaining local government: Local government in Britain since 1800
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Main Author: Chandler, J. A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2007
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:AppendicesBibliography; Index
9780719067068; 9780719067068; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Local government before 1832; 2 The impact of industrialisation; 3 Compromise and confusion: the ad hoc local governments of mid-Victorian Britain; 4 Municipal government to its zenith; 5 Restructuring local government; 6 The turning point: growth with decline; 7 The slow road to 'modernisation'; 8 War and social democracy; 9 'Modernising' the system 1951-79; 10 Professionalism and alienation; 11 Thatcher and Major; 12 New Labour; 13 Accounting for the evolution of local government in Britain
""Explaining Local Government"" uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain since 1800 until the present day. The study explains how local government in Britain has 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 in relation to the evolving structure
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:385 pages
ISBN:9781847792099
184779209X
9781781701355
1781701350
9780719067068
0719067065

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