Title: Local government from Thatcher to Blair : the politics of creative autonomy /
Authors: Atkinson, Hugh; Wilks-Heeg, Stuart.
Publisher: Polity ; Blackwell,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Local government Great Britain; Great Britain Politics and government; Great Britain Politics and government
Contents: Pt. I. The Context of UK Local Government -- 1. The Evolution of Local Government in the UK -- 2. Theories of Local Government and Local Governance -- 3. British Local Government since 1979: Two Decades of Change -- Pt. II. Local Government from Thatcher to Major Three Dimensions of Change -- 4. The Financing of Local Government -- 5. The Changing Structure and Shape of Local Government -- 6. Local Government and the Private Sector -- Pt. III. Local Government Reinvents Itself? -- 7. Local Elections, Political Realignment and Change in Local Authorities -- 8. Getting Their Own Houses in Order: New Directions in Local Government Internal Organization -- 9. Global Problems, Local Solutions: Local Government and Sustainable Development -- 10. The Europeanization of British Local Government? -- Pt. IV. Sub-national Government under New Labour -- 11. Towards Regional Government? The Introduction of Regional Offices, the Moves towards Devolution and the Notion of Regionalism -- 12. Local Government under New Labour.