Explaining Local Government
Subtitle: Local Government in Britain Since 1800
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780719067068
Subjects: Local government; Political Science; History - General History; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Government - Local; Political History; Political Science / Government / Local; History & Theory - General
Description: In this work, J.A. Chandler explains how local government in Britain has evolved from a structure that appeared to be relatively free from central government interference to, as John Prescott observes, 'one of the most centralised systems of government in the Western world'.