Explaining Local Government: Local Government in Britain Since 1800Explaining 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 structures to provide a theory of the evolution of the system for the specialist based on primary research. |
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Contents
Local government before 1832 | 1 |
The impact of industrialisation | 29 |
the ad hoc local governments | 49 |
Municipal government to its zenith | 70 |
Restructuring local government | 97 |
growth with decline | 120 |
The slow road to modernisation | 141 |
War and social democracy | 158 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Explaining Local Government: Local Government in Britain Since 1800 |
| Author | J. A. Chandler |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0719067065, 9780719067068 |
| Length | 356 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Europe / Great Britain / General Political Science / American Government / Local Political Science / General Political Science / History & Theory |
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