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Modern local government / Janice Morphet.

By: Morphet, Janice [author]

Language: English Publisher: Los Angeles : Sage, 2008Description: xii, 184 pages; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780761943754 (pbk.); 9780761943747 (hbk.); 0761943749 (hbk.)Subject(s): Local government -- Great Britain | Municipal services -- Great BritainDDC classification: 352.140941 LOC classification: JS3111 | .M68 2008

Contents:

Great expectations : the position in 1997 -- New approaches to decision making in local authorities -- Promoting well-being and the community's interest -- Performance and freedoms -- Delivery with partners : procurement, privatisation, partnerships, trading, and choice -- Joining-up around customers : the role of e-government -- Councillors, standards, and corruption -- The future of local government finance -- New localism -- Local strategic partnerships : the way forward -- Parishes, town councils, and neighbourhood working -- Regions, sub-regions, and London -- What is the future of local government?

Summary: How does local governance operate in the United Kingdom today? 'Modern Local Governance' reviews and explains the complex on-going process of post-1997 modernisation in local government.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-175) and index.

Great expectations : the position in 1997 --
New approaches to decision making in local authorities --
Promoting well-being and the community's interest --
Performance and freedoms --
Delivery with partners : procurement, privatisation, partnerships, trading, and choice --
Joining-up around customers : the role of e-government --
Councillors, standards, and corruption --
The future of local government finance --
New localism --
Local strategic partnerships : the way forward --
Parishes, town councils, and neighbourhood working --
Regions, sub-regions, and London --
What is the future of local government?

How does local governance operate in the United Kingdom today? 'Modern Local Governance' reviews and explains the complex on-going process of post-1997 modernisation in local government.

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