LEADER 03657nam 22006015 450 001 9910735781503321 005 20241125150108.0 010 $a3-031-32819-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-32819-0 035 $a(PPN)281660093 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30663060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30663060 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-32819-0 035 $a(CKB)27857084600041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927857084600041 100 $a20230724d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Strange Demise of the Local in Local Government $eBigger is Not Better /$fby Steve Leach, Colin Copus 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (137 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance,$x2523-8256 311 08$aPrint version: Leach, Steve The Strange Demise of the Local in Local Government Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031328183 327 $aChapter 1: Setting the Scene -- Chapter 2: The Way Things Used to Be -- Chapter 3: Reorganisation, Reorganisation, Reorganisation: The Changing Map of Local Government -- Chapter 4: Explaining the Persistence of the Unitary Principle in the Department?s Mindset -- Chapter 5: A Strange Affair: Local Government Reorganisation in Northamptonshire 2018-21?A Case Study -- Chapter 6: Doomsday Approaches and then Recedes -- Chapter 7: What is the Problem About Two-Tier Local Government? -- Chapter 8: Why Bigger is Not Better -- Chapter 9: Where Do We Go from Here?. 330 $aThis book challenges the notion that bigger local government is always better. Whilst the central government in Britain has often supported increases in local government size, the book argues that this has been detrimental, and has caused the erosion of distinctive community identities that were previously represented by local authorities empowered to make significant local choices about services and future strategy. Drawing from national and international evidence, it offers an alternative narrative about the size, role, function and purpose of local government to that currently dominating policy discussion. It aims to provide readers who oppose size increases in local government with the evidence and arguments to influence change in their areas. The book will appeal to policymakers working in central and local government, as well as academics interested in public policy, public administration and local government. Steve Leach is Emeritus Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, England. Colin Copus is Emeritus Professor of Local Politics at De Montfort University, England and a Visiting Professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance,$x2523-8256 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aRegionalism 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aGovernance and Government 606 $aRegionalism 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aRegionalism. 615 14$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aGovernance and Government. 615 24$aRegionalism. 676 $a320.8 676 $a320.8 700 $aLeach$b Steve$0141199 701 $aCopus$b Colin$0955045 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910735781503321 996 $aThe Strange Demise of the Local in Local Government$93418536 997 $aUNINA