The Development of English Local Government, 1689-1835

Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb

Oxford University Press, 1963 - Local government - 194 pages

Contents

• No System of Local Government: 5
• The Inequality in the Incidence of the Obliga: 14
• Vocational Organization as the very Basis: 23
• The Undermining of the Vocational Basis: 29
• The Virtues and Vices of this Oligarchical: 38
• The Vice of Exclusiveness: 46
• The Property Qualification: 53
• The Industrial Revolution in Relation: 70
• The Growth of Pauperism: 80
• Laying the Foundations of Democracy: 91
• The New Conceptions of Political Liberty: 97
• The Utilitarians: 104
• The New Principles in Local Government III: 111
• The Coming of the Ratepayer: 121
• Government by Elected Representatives: 134
• The Salaried Officer: 146
• The Rise of Specialized Central Departments: 153
• The Property Qualification: 164
• But Still no System of Local Government: 180
• Index: 191

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Development of English Local Government, 1689-1835; Volume 250 of Home university library of modern knowledge; Volume 250 of Home university library
• Authors: Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1963
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 11, 2010
• ISBN: 9050068944, 9789050068949
• Length: 194 pages