Table of Contents

PART 1: LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE BASICS - Introduction: Our Aims and Approach - Themes and Issues in Local Government - Why Elected Local Government? - The Development of Local Government - External Structures - Internal Structures - Changing Functions - Governance and Partnership - Central-Local Government Relations - Local Finance - PART 2: THE POLITICS AND PEOPLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Local Elections - The Voice of Choice - The Local Government Workforce - Political Parties - Who Makes Policy? - Local Pressure Groups: The Exercise of Influence - PART 3: FROM CHANGE TO MODERNISATION - Management Change - Democratic Renewal? - Bibliography

About the Author

DAVID WILSON is Professor of Public Administration and Head of the Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester. - CHRIS GAME is Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham.