Renewing local democracy? : the modernisation agenda in British local government / editor, Lawrence Pratchett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pratchett, Lawrence.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--Great Britain.

Local government.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2000.

Contents:

Introduction: Defining Democratic Renewal / Lawrence Pratchett 1

The Key Themes of Democratic Renewal / Hilary Armstrong 19

Democratic Renewal in Local Government: Continuity and Change / Andrew Gray, Bill Jenkins 26

Public Participation and the Democratic Renewal Agenda: Prioritisation or Marginalisation? / Steve Leach, Melvin Wingfield 46

Researching Public Participation / Marian Barnes 60

The Party Group: A Barrier to Democratic Renewal / Colin Copus 76

Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance: Britain and France Compared / Peter John, Alistair Cole 98

Rebuilding Trust in Central/Local Relations: Policy or Passion? / Vivien Lowndes 116.

Notes:

"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue ... of Local gover[n]ment studies, vol. 25, no. 4 (Winter 1999)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714650463

0714680958

OCLC:

42027411