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Local government today / J.A. Chandler.

Title
Local government today / J.A. Chandler.
Author
Chandler, J. A.
Publication
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1996.

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Description
xi, 303 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
Local government has undergone very rapid change in recent years. This introductory guide, now in its second edition, includes the recommendations of the Local Government Commission on the structure of non-metropolitan councils, the repeal of the poll tax, and other changes.
Series Statement
Politics today
Uniform Title
Politics today (Manchester, England)
Subject
  • Geschichte 1930
  • Local government > Great Britain
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The logal government system: an introduction -- Structure and territory -- The functions of local authorities -- Finance and its control -- Inter-governmental relations -- Stewardship -- The formal structure --Councillors and the party system -- Employees, professionals and managers -- Interest, volunteers and the media -- Patterns of government -- Local democracy -- The future of local government.
ISBN
  • 071904734X
  • 0719047358
LCCN
^^^95026493^
OCLC
  • 33817639
  • SCSB-12602930
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Harvard Library