Local government in Britain is often viewed as being bureaucratic and impersonal. In America or France it can be genuinely local, and permit small communities to determine their future and their standards of basic public services. The quality and nature of local government varies widely between different countries. A full understanding of local government can only be gained by comparing one country to another. This book draws together a range of contributors who outline the structures and workings of local government in England and Wales, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Canada and the US. The book provides students with chapters that have a similar format in order to offer a framework for systematic comparisons of the different case studies. The book also includes a conclusion summarizing major differences and relationships between the structures studied. Contributors include J.A. Chandler, John Kingdom, M. McManus, M.C. Hunt, R.E. Spence, A.R. Peters and Bernard Jones.

Local Government in Liberal Democracies: An Introductory Survey

Politics & Social Sciences

Chandler, J.A.

Politics & Government

Routledge

Comparative Public Administration

Comparative Public Administration provides an introduction to the system of public administration and management in a number of important liberal democracies.

Public Policy and Private Interest: Ideas, Self-Interest and Ethics in Public Policy (Routledge Textbooks in Policy Studies)

Public Policy and Private Interest explains the complexities of the policy making process in a refreshingly clear way for students who are new to this subject. The key topics it explains are:     How policy originates, is refined, legitimised, implemented, evaluated and terminated in the forms of theoretical models of the policy process;   Which actors and institutions are most influential in determining the nature of policy;   The values that shape the policy agenda such as ideology, institutional self-interest and resource capabilities;   The outcome of policies, and why they succeed or fail;   The main policy theories including the very latest insights from network theory and post-modernism;   How national policy is influenced by globalization.   The text is fully illustrated throughout with a broad range of national and international case studies on subjects such as the banking crisis, the creation of unitary authorities and global environmental policy and regulation.  Combining both a clear summary of debates and theories in public policy and a new and original approach to the subject, this book is essential reading for students of public policy and policy analysis.

Science & Math

Evolution

Public Policy and Private Interest explains the complexities of the policy making process in a refreshingly clear way for students who are new to this subject. The key topics it explains are: <ul>
<li>How policy originates, is refined, legitimised, implemented, evaluated and terminated in the forms of theoretical models of the policy process;</li> <li>Which actors and institutions are most influential in determining the nature of policy;</li> <li>The values that shape the policy agenda such as ideology, institutional self-interest and resource capabilities;</li> <li>The outcome of policies, and why they succeed or fail;</li> <li>The main policy theories including the very latest insights from network theory and post-modernism;</li> <li>How national policy is influenced by globalization.</li> </ul> The text is fully illustrated throughout with a broad range of national and international case studies on subjects such as the banking crisis, the creation of unitary authorities and global environmental policy and regulation. Combining both a clear summary of debates and theories in public policy and a new and original approach to the subject, this book is essential reading for students of public policy and policy analysis.

Local Authorities and the Creation of Employment

Business & Money

Lawless, Paul

Economics

Gower Pub.Co.

Local Government Today (Politics Today)

Local government has undergone very rapid change in recent years. This introductory guide, now in its second edition, includes the recommendations of the Local Government Commission on the structure of non-metropolitan councils, the repeal of the poll tax, and other changes. The author explains the structure and processes of local government in Britain. He also develops and interprets its role within the British system of governance, and explains how the system evolved. Key topics such as statutory powers, the crucial relationship with central government, particularly in financial matters, town hall bureaucracies and local political parties all receive prominent coverage. The author also presents the philisophical case for democratic local government, and argues in favour of many of the executive powers it has lost since 1979.

Manchester Univ Pr

Local Government Today provides a comprehensive analysis of the structure, finance, management, and democratic framework for local government in Britain. This new edition includes the changes made by Tony Blair's government and an evaluation in a comparative context of the value and effectiveness of the system. A new feature is a running commentary that puts the British system in comparative context and provides basic information on how local government operates in the European Union and the Unites States.

Local Government Today: Third Edition

Manchester University Press

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Books by Chandler, J.A.

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Local Government in Liberal Democracies: An Introductory Survey

Comparative Public Administration

Public Policy and Private Interest: Ideas, Self-Interest and Ethics in Public Policy (Routledge Textbooks in Policy Studies)

Public Policy and Private Interest: Ideas, Self-Interest and Ethics in Public Policy (Routledge Textbooks in Policy Studies)

Local Authorities and the Creation of Employment

Local Government Today (Politics Today)

Local Government Today (Politics Today)

Local Government Today (Politics Today)

Local Government Today (Politics Today)

Local Government Today: Third Edition