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The strange demise of the local in local governmentbigger is not better /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The strange demise of the local in local governmentby Steve Leach, Colin Copus.
Reminder of title:	bigger is not better /
Author:	Leach, Steve.
other author:	Copus, Colin.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2023.
Description:	xiii, 129 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Local governmentEngland.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32819-0
ISBN:	9783031328190$q(electronic bk.)

The strange demise of the local in local governmentbigger is not better /
Leach, Steve.

The strange demise of the local in local governmentbigger is not better /[electronic resource] :by Steve Leach, Colin Copus. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2023. - xiii, 129 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in sub-national governance,2523-8256. - Palgrave studies in sub-national governance..

Chapter 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?.

This 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.

ISBN: 9783031328190$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-32819-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

174657
Local government
--England.

LC Class. No.: JS3111 / .L43 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 352.042

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