Howard Elcock

Local Government

Policy and Management in Local Authorities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since first publication in 1982, Howard Elcock's Local Government has established a reputation as a comprehensive and unbiased account of how British local government really works. This respected textbook has been completely revised and rewritten for its third edition, to take account of changes in local government and in the circumstances in which it operates. The third edition examines new management structures and accountabilities that follow the policy initiatives of the central Conservative administration. It appraises the impact of the three-pronged reform of the Thatcher years: impact on local authorities' financial resources, new structures of local government and new pressure to contract services out to the private and voluntary sectors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415101677
• ISBN-10: 0415101670
• Artikelnr.: 21613829

Autorenporträt

Howard Elcock

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part One: The World of Local Government 1. Local government and the
British political system 2. The development and reform of local government
Part Two: The Dramatis Personae 3. The local councillor 4. The integrated
roles of members and officers Part Three: The Provision and Delivery of
Services 5. Services for citizens 6. The police and emergency services 7.
The mangagement of resources Part Four: Planning, Mangagement and
Co-ordination 8. Planning: the reduction of uncertainty 9. The rise and
rise of public management 10. Local governance: local authorities and the
other local governments 11. Concluding speculations References Index