The Politics of Decentralisation: Revitalising Local Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780333521649 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 320 str.

Danny Burns;Robin Hambleton;Paul Hoggett

Opis

This wide-ranging book sets discussion of the various approaches to local government decentralisation in the context of the changing nature of public service management and the possibilities for new kinds of public involvement in government decision-making. It draws on a wide range of experiences throughout the UK as well as the findings of an in-depth study of the impact of radical decentralisation strategies in two inner London boroughs to provide an authoritative assessment of the politics of decentralisation.

Spis treści

PART 1: THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE Introduction; The Crisis in Urban Government; Rethinking Local Democracy; The Character of Local Political Innovation.- PART 2: DECENTRALISED MANAGEMENT Introduction; Neighbourhood Decentralisation and the New Public Management; Shaking up the Bureaucracies Lessons From Experience.- PART 3: DECENTRALISED DEMOCRACY Introduction; Enhancing Participatory Democracy: Islington; Extending Representative Democracy: Tower Hamlets Lessons From Experience.- PART 4: BEYOND DECENTRALISATION Re-empowering.- Local Government Empowering; Communities Local Democracy Beyond the Local State.