Steve Leach, John Stewart, George Jones

Centralisation, Devolution and the Future of Local Government in England (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first to directly address the impact of the English government's state of decline after forty years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government, on the institution of local government; a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315407920
• Artikelnr.: 48960260

Autorenporträt

Steve Leach worked at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) from 1977 to 1996, by which time he held the position of Reader. He was then appointed Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, UK, a position he held until his retirement in 2009, and still holds on an Emeritus basis.

John Stewart joined the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) at the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1966, and became Professor of Local Government in the early 1970s, a position he held until he retired in the late 1990s, and now holds on an Emeritus basis. He was a member of the Layfield committee on Local Government Finance (1974-1976), and has contributed to many other government inquiries.

George Jones joined the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1966 and was appointed Professor of Government in 1976, a position he held until his retirement in 2007 and which he later held on an Emeritus basis. He, too, was a member of the Layfield Committee and gave evidence to a range of other government inquiries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Plight of Local Government and Central-Local Relations
Part I: The Current Situation
1. The Justification for Local Government
2. How the Past can inform the Present; Five Stages in the Development of
Local Government
3. The Myth of Localism
4. Central-Local Relations: An Interpretation
Part II: Moving Forward
5. The Need for Constitutional Change
6. Rethinking Local Government Finance
7. Politics, Parties and local Democracy
8. Central-Local Relations and Local Government Reorganisation
9. The Devolution Agenda
10. Reflections and Conclusions