Urban governance
Subtitle: Britain and beyond since 1750
By: edited by Robert J. Morris and Richard H. Trainor.
Contributors: Morris, R. J.; Trainor, Richard H. 1948-
Series: Historical urban studies
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Municipal government -- Great Britain -- History.; Municipal government -- History.
Description: "This is a coherent and integrated set of essays around the theme of governance addressing a wide range of questions on the ordering of order and the organisation and legitimation of authority. At the heart of the book is a set of topics which have long attracted the attention of urbanists and urban historians all over the world: the growth and reform of urban local government, local-centre relationships, public health and pollution, local government finance, the nature of local social elites and of participation in local government. Approaching these topics through the concept of governance not only raises a series of new questions but also extends the scope of enquiry for the historian seeking to understand towns and cities all over the world in a period of rapid change."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.