The Reform of local government finance in Britain
By: edited by S.J. Bailey and R. Paddison.
Contributors: Bailey, S. J. 1951-; Paddison, Ronan.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Local finance -- Great Britain.; Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Local government in Britain / Ken Young; title: The recent history of local fiscal reform / Peter G. Richards; title: The politicisation of local government / John Berridge; title: The legal limits of local autonomy / Chris Himsworth; title: A poll tax for Britain? / Clive Martlew and Stephen J. Bailey; title: Local freedom and central control / Tom Wilson; title: Rates reform and the housing market / Gordon A. Hughes; title: The future role of grants in local government finance / David King; title: Non-domestic rates and local taxation of business / Robert J. Bennett; title: Local government finance and macroeconomic policy / Richard Jackman; title: The British reform in its international context / Ronan Paddison.