Abstract
This book has recorded a series of changes in the nature of local government brought about by legislation introduced by the Conservative Government. Few in local government see the present changes as representing the completion of the Government’s legislative programme. Further change is expected — certainly if the Government is elected for a fourth term. Graham Mather’s chapter has set out one scenario for the future of local government, based on a further development of present policies. This chapter sets out an alternative scenario.
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Alan Norton, Local Government in Other Western Democracies (Institute of Local Government Studies, 1986) p. 24.
Michael Goldsmith and Kenneth Newton, ‘Local Government Abroad’, p. 140, in The Conduct of Local Authority Business, Research vol. IV, Cmnd 9801 (HMSO, 1986).
Nicholas Ridley, The New Right (Conservative Political Centre, 1988).
See David King, ‘The Next Green Paper on Local Finance’, paper given to an Institute of Economic Affairs Conference, 1988, for examples of possible powers.
See John Stewart and Gerry Stoker, From Local Administration to Community Government (Fabian Society, 1988) for illustrations of this argument.
See Michael Clarke and John Stewart, The Enabling Council (Local Government Training Board, 1988) for a development of this argument.
See Local Government Training Board, Getting Closer to the Public (1987) for examples.
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Stewart, J. (1989). A Future for Local Authorities as Community Government. In: Stewart, J., Stoker, G. (eds) The Future of Local Government. Government Beyond the Centre. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20179-2_12
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