Local government and democracy in Britain

Local government in the UK is in crisis. The book argues that it is now neither local in terms of the geography and populations of its principal units, nor does it govern in these areas. Over the last two hundred years local government has been changed from a system in which local interests held gov...

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Autors principals:	Barnett, Neil, Chandler, J. A.
Format:	Online
Idioma:	anglès
Publicat:	Manchester University Press 2026
Matèries:	Local government Local democracy Community Unitary authority Councillor Austerity Centralisation Right to local government Innovation in local government Localism Aims of the book Terminology Structure of each chapter Democracy in local government Autocracy in local government Universal franchise in local government Localism and democracy in parish government Squirearchy Effects of industrialisation J. S. Mill Liberal thought Hobhouse and the Webbs 1930s demands for larger authorities William Robson G. D. H. Cole Post-1945 theorists Right of decision-making in communities Banham Commission Expansion of unitary authorities Combined authorities Decline of district councils Privatisation Contracting out Education services Police and fire services Social services Local government taxation Central grants Status of councillors and leaders pre-2000 Executive mayors Cabinet government New scrutinising role of backbench councillors Directly elected mayors Unitary authorities Consequence of change for democracy Local autonomy Changes to local autonomy since the late nineteenth century Policy concerning central–local relations post-2010 Local Government Act 2011 Neighbourhood planning Effect of austerity COVID-19 Theorising autonomy Neoliberalism and local agency Innovation Entrepreneurialism Innovation and entrepreneurialism in local government New municipalism Devolution of power How central government determines the discretion given to local government Self-interest of central political elites Lack of an ideological perspective and ethical theory to justify British centralism Critiques of liberal democracy Problems of democracy in local governance in the United Kingdom How far can direct discursive decision-making be effective in theory Role of central government Can direct discursive governance meld with liberal representative democracy Politics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics
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Local government and democracy in Britain

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