Table of Contents

Introduction; G.Stoker & D.Wilson PART ONE: GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS New Patterns of Central-Local Government Relations; D.Wilson The New Governance of Communities; C.Skelcher Strengthening Political Leadership? More Than Mayors; P.John Liberated or Lost Souls: Is There a Role for Non-executive Councillors?; S.Snape Political Parties at the Local Level; S.Leach The Local Bureaucrat: A Block to Reform or a Key to Unlocking Change?; F.Gains PART TWO: DEVELOPMENTS IN SERVICE PROVISION AND FINANCE Education No Longer a Role for Local Government?; K.Donnelly Governing Health and Social Care; K.A.Clarke & S.Harrison Rethinking Planning and Housing; A.Murie Local Government Finance: Busy Going Nowhere?; T.Travers PART THREE: PROSPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES Regionalism and the Challenge for Local Authorities; J.Tomaney Community Governance and Local Government: A Shoe that Fits or the Emperor's New Clothes?; H.Sullivan Returning to Local Governance in Healthcare?; K.Walshe Institutions, Politics and People: Making Local Politics Work; L.Pratchett Reformers or Recidivists: Has Local Government Really Changed?; V.Lowndes Conclusions: New Ways of Being Local Government; G.Stoker & D.Wilson.

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'[A] hugely impressive book... comprehensive and authoritative... Bringing together important and insightful assessments by the foremost researchers in the field on the impacts and prospects of New Labour's reforms'. - Professor Steve Martin, Cardiff University

About the Author

GERRY STOKER is Professor of Politics, University of Manchester, UK. DAVID WILSON is Professor of Public Administration and Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, UK.

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"'[A] hugely impressive book... comprehensive and authoritative... Bringing together important and insightful assessments by the foremost researchers in the field on the impacts and prospects of New Labour's reforms'. - Professor Steve Martin, Cardiff University"