Regulating Local Authorities: Emerging Patterns of Central Control - Hardcover

9780714653730: Regulating Local Authorities: Emerging Patterns of Central Control

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071465373X ISBN 13: 9780714653730

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

By examining the relationship between central governments and local authorities in a number of countries, the contributors to this study show how central governments exercise control and influence over the activities of local authorities.

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About the Author

Paul Carmichael is a Senior Lecturer in Public Administratoin at the School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster Arthur Midwinter is Professor of Government at the University of Strathclyde.

Review

'A valuable contribution; not only for what is said, but also for the way in which it brings together different perspectives and for the ideas and questions it sets running.' - Michael Hughes, University of Bimingham in Local Government Studies

'...the collection should benefit interested researchers and students, and it offers useful historical and international context for practitioners.' - David O'Brien in Political Studies Review

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