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Title
The strange demise of the local in local government : bigger is not better / Steve Leach, Colin Copus.
ISBN
3031328191 electronic book
9783031328190 (electronic bk.)
9783031328183
3031328183
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 129 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-32819-0 doi
Call Number
JS3111 .L43 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
352.042
320.8
Summary
This book challenges the notion that bigger local government is always better. Whilst the central government in Britain has often supported increases in local government size, the book argues that this has been detrimental, and has caused the erosion of distinctive community identities that were previously represented by local authorities empowered to make significant local choices about services and future strategy. Drawing from national and international evidence, it offers an alternative narrative about the size, role, function and purpose of local government to that currently dominating policy discussion. It aims to provide readers who oppose size increases in local government with the evidence and arguments to influence change in their areas. The book will appeal to policymakers working in central and local government, as well as academics interested in public policy, public administration and local government. Steve Leach is Emeritus Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, England. Colin Copus is Emeritus Professor of Local Politics at De Montfort University, England and a Visiting Professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium.
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Includes index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023).
Series
Palgrave studies in sub-national governance, 2523-8256
Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
Chapter 2: The Way Things Used to Be
Chapter 3: Reorganisation, Reorganisation, Reorganisation: The Changing Map of Local Government
Chapter 4: Explaining the Persistence of the Unitary Principle in the Department's Mindset
Chapter 5: A Strange Affair: Local Government Reorganisation in Northamptonshire 2018-21 : A Case Study
Chapter 6: Doomsday Approaches and then Recedes
Chapter 7: What is the Problem About Two-Tier Local Government?
Chapter 8: Why Bigger is Not Better
Chapter 9: Where Do We Go from Here?.
