Title: The new politics of British local governance /
Authors: Stoker, Gerry.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Local government Great Britain
Contents: Governance failure / Bob Jessop -- Local government after Fordism : a regulationist perspective / Joe Painter and Mark Goodwin -- Regime formation in Manchester and Edinburgh / Alan Harding -- Policy networks and local political leadership in Britain and France / Peter John and Alistair Cole -- Understanding urban governance : the contribution of rational choice / Keith Dowding [and others] -- Local governance in the shadow of juridification / Davina Cooper -- Local governance : the assessments of councillors, Quango members and the public / Bill Miller and Malcolm Dickson -- The changing nature of local labour politics / Declan Hall and Steve Leach -- The Conservative party in local government, 1979-1997 / Ian Holliday -- Participation strategies and local environmental politics : Local Agenda 21 / Stephen C. Young -- Technical expertise and public participation in planning for housing : 'playing the numbers game' / Jonathan Murdoch, Simone Abram and Terry Marsden -- User participation in community housing : 'Is small really beautiful'? / David Clapham, Keith Kintrea and Helen Kay -- Patterns of inclusion and exclusion : ethnic minorities and urban development corporations / Sue Brownill [and others] -- Feminist intervention and local domestic violence / Stefania Abrar.