Transforming Local Governance
eBook - PDF

Transforming Local Governance

From Thatcherism to New Labour

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Transforming Local Governance

From Thatcherism to New Labour

About this book

Drawing on the author's unrivalled experience and expertise in both research and policy-making, this important new book provides a systematic assessment of the changing nature of local governance in Britain and a conceptual framework for understanding the new governance of localities. The author analyzes in detail what New Labour has been trying to do to local governance and management and assesses how and why it has achieved only a mixed record of change. The book concludes by providing a vision of good local governance and an assessment of future challenges for research and reform.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 The Emerging System of Local Governance
  10. 2 The Legacy of the Conservatives: Governance by Default
  11. 3 New Labour: Embracing Local Governance?
  12. 4 Understanding New Labour’s Reform Strategy
  13. 5 Improving Service Delivery under New Labour
  14. 6 Democratic Renewal: Getting People to Participate
  15. 7 Promoting Local Political Leadership
  16. 8 Partnership and Joining Up in a Era of Multi-Level Governance 153
  17. 9 Local Finance: Coming to Terms with Governance?
  18. 10 The Challenge of Governance
  19. 11 New Labour and Local Governance: Unfinished Business
  20. References
  21. Index