Reform of Local Government Finance in Britain

ISBN-13: 9780415005302 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 223 str.

S. J. Bailey; R. Paddison; Stephen J. Bailey

Opis

Assesses the arguments about the poll tax. It places the specific proposals within the framework of the national and international context of local government finance and attempts to determine what the parameters are to reform.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter One Chapter One Local Government in Britain: Rationale, Structure and Finance, Ken Young; Chapter Two Chapter Two The Recent History of Local Fiscal Reform, Peter G. Richards; Chapter Three Chapter Three The Politicisation of Local Government, John Berridge; Chapter Four Chapter Four The Legal Limits of Local Autonomy, Chris Himsworth; Chapter Five Chapter Five A Poll Tax for Britain?, Clive Martlew, Stephen J. Bailey; Chapter Six Chapter Six Local Freedom and Central Control — A Question of Balance, Tom Wilson; Chapter Seven Chapter Seven Rates Reform and the Housing Market, Gordon A. Hughes; Chapter Eight Chapter Eight The Future Role of Grants in Local Government Finance, David King; Chapter Nine Chapter Nine Non-Domestic Rates and Local Taxation of Business, Robert J. Bennett; Chapter Ten Chapter Ten Local Government Finance and Macroeconomic Policy, Richard Jackman; Chapter Eleven Chapter Eleven The British Reform in Its International Context, Ronan Paddison; Chapter Twelve Chapter Twelve CONCLUSION;

O autorze

Ronan Paddison, Dept of Geography, University of Glasgow, Steve Bailey Dept of Economics, Glasgow College.