03376nam 2200685 a 450 991046564860332120200520144314.01-78170-135-01-84779-209-X(CKB)2560000000085772(EBL)1069498(OCoLC)818847181(SSID)ssj0000712767(PQKBManifestationID)12291202(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712767(PQKBWorkID)10651417(PQKB)11654772(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086977(MiAaPQ)EBC1069498(OCoLC)934664357(MdBmJHUP)muse77801(OCoLC)1132221477(Au-PeEL)EBL1069498(CaPaEBR)ebr10623325(CaONFJC)MIL843771(EXLCZ)99256000000008577220081218d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExplaining local government[electronic resource] local government in Britain since 1800 /J.A. ChandlerOnline-ausg.Manchester ;New York Manchester University Press Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgravec20071 online resource (385 p.)EBL-SchweitzerDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-6707-3 0-7190-6706-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719067068; 9780719067068; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Local government before 1832; 2 The impact of industrialisation; 3 Compromise and confusion: the ad hoc local governments of mid-Victorian Britain; 4 Municipal government to its zenith; 5 Restructuring local government; 6 The turning point: growth with decline; 7 The slow road to 'modernisation'; 8 War and social democracy; 9 'Modernising' the system 1951-79; 10 Professionalism and alienation; 11 Thatcher and Major; 12 New Labour; 13 Accounting for the evolution of local government in BritainAppendicesBibliography; IndexExplaining local government uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain since 1800 until the present day. The study explains how the institution 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'. The book is accessible to A level and undergraduate students as an introduction to the development of local government in Britain but also balances values and political practice to provide a unique explanation, using primary research, of.Local governmentGreat BritainHistory19th centuryDecentralization in governmentGreat BritainLocal governmentGreat BritainHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Local governmentHistoryDecentralization in governmentLocal governmentHistory320.80941Chandler J. A20049MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465648603321Explaining local government2471477UNINA