Renewing Local Democracy?: The Modernisation Agenda in British Local Government

ISBN-13: 9780714680958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 144 str.

Lawrence Pratchett

Opis

The Labour government's modernization proposals for local government promise to bring about a new era of local democracy through which local authorities are more in touch with their citizens. Plans to increase electoral turnout, pioneer new modes of public participation and introduce new cabinet style political management arrangements are all converging to redefine the nature of local democracy in the UK. How are local authorites responding to this modernization agenda, and what problems face those who would reform local democracy?

Spis treści

Defining democratic renewal, Lawrence Pratchett; the key themes of democratic renewal, Hilary Armstrong; democratic renewal in local government - continuity and change, Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins; public participation and the democratic renewal agenda - prioritization or marginalization?, Steve Leach and Melvin Wingfield; researching public participation, Marian Barnes; the party group - a barrier to democratic renewal, Colin Copus; political leadership in the new urban governance - Britain and France compared, Peter John and Alistair Cole; rebuilding trust in central/local relations - policy or passion?, Vivian Lowndes.

O autorze

Lawrence Pratchett