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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480210503321

Autore

Copus Colin

Titolo

In defence of councillors / Colin Copus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©2016

ISBN

1-5261-0423-7

1-78499-672-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

352.1/4/0941

Soggetti

City council members

Local government - Great Britain

City council members - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-189) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'In Defence of Councillors' provides just that - a defence of councillors and the institution of local representative democracy to which they are elected (the council) from the often ill-informed and inaccurate criticism of their personal, professional, and political roles as local politicians. It explores what the shift from local government to local governance has meant for councillors, their roles, functions and activities, the pressures they experience, the links they have with their parties, and the relationships they forge with citizens and communities.