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Modern Local Government

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

19.12.2007

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

200

Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/15,6/1,1 cm

Gewicht

320 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7619-4375-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

19.12.2007

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

200

Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/15,6/1,1 cm

Gewicht

320 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7619-4375-4

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: Libri GmbH

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  • 1 Introduction
    Why local government?
    The debate on central-local relations
    The context of local government reform
    How do they do it elsewhere?
    The notion of social capital
    The relationship between local performance and the economy
    2 Great Expectations - the position in 1997
    The view of local government: the legacy of expectation
    The view of the 1997 New Labour Government: the legacy of fear
    Paving the way for reform
    Real issues on the agenda - which key issues did local authorities face in 1997
    3 The new approach to decision making in local government
    The new Council Constitutions
    Electoral arrangements
    The role of the Council
    The role of the Executive
    Scrutiny and overview
    The emerging roles of local councillors
    Reforming local government representation at the centre
    4 Promoting well being and the community¿s interest
    Understanding the role of a general power of competence - the European Charter of self-governance
    The duty to promote the economic, social and environmental well being of the communities being served
    Promoting community leadership
    Community Strategies
    Community leadership and the CPA
    Community Strategies and LA21 - towards environmental well being
    Community Strategies and Local Development Frameworks
    Removing Plan requirements
    5 Performance and Freedoms
    The role of the Audit Commission
    Best value: why competition?
    The best value process
    Comprehensive Performance Assessment
    Does performance assessment work?
    Intervention
    Capacity for delivery
    Freedoms and flexibilities
    6 Delivery with partners - procurement, privatisation, partnerships, trading and choice
    Local authorities as employers
    Privatisation
    Joint service delivery between local authorities
    Strategic Partnering
    The Lyons and Gershon Reviews: from central to local delivery?
    Choice
    The growing potential of the voluntary sector
    7 Joining up around customers - the role of e-government
    The problems of silo government for the citizen
    Implementing e-government
    Local implementation of e-government
    Developing and implementing priority outcomes
    The barriers to citizen engagement and delivery
    Efficiency and e-government
    Changing the citizen¿s relationship with government?
    8 Councillors, Standards and Corruption
    The system before the Local Government Act 2000
    The Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life
    The Standards Board for England
    Planning
    The conduct of local authority staff
    Public service ethics
    9 The future of local government finance
    Local government¿s constitutional role and finance
    Central and local discretions - assessing the boundaries
    The continuing legacy of the Layfield Committee
    The dynamic of efficiency
    The use of property assets - an example of improving efficiency at the local level
    A new freedom - the case of business rates
    A new localist solution?
    10 New Localism
    The rise of new localism
    Place shaping
    Pressures for reduction in local powers
    Culture and habit
    11 Local Strategic Partnerships - the way forward
    Partnership working - programmes and policies
    Local Strategic Partnerships
    How are LSPs developing?
    How effective are LSPs so far?
    The future for LSPs, LAAs and Public Service Boards?
    12 Parishes, Town Councils and Neighbourhood Working
    Developments since 1997
    Parish and town councils
    Devolved working in local authorities
    Emerging forms of local management
    The role of Local Strategic Partnerships in neighbourhood development
    13 Regions Sub-Regions and London
    Why regionalism?
    Regional working in England 1993-2004 - moving from central ways of working
    Regionalising the centre
    How have these regional arrangements worked for local government in England?
    Sub-regions
    London
    14 What is the future of local government?
    Shaping influences for the future of local government
    Holding local government to account
    Reputation management
    The choice agenda
    Using the third sector
    Smaller numbers of professionalized councillors?
    Public service reform
    Creating a single pubic service