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Power and Party in an English City provides an account of how decisions are taken by the state at the level of locality. More specifically, it is an account of the private policy-making activities of a ruling Labour group of councillors in the major English city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Despite the fact that local government in most of the towns and cities of England is one-party government, very little is known abotu the private behaviour of ruling party groups. In this book David Green provides a penetrating empirical study of the realities of local government. The author seeks to examine and analyse the importance of party discipline, the relationship between the Labour group of councillor...
Little information is available to central government on local councils, as was highlighted by the Widdicombe Committee's report in 1986. Therefore the primary purpose of the Department of the Environment in commissioning this two-stage research study by Aston Business School was to fill this information gap. The initial stage of the research comprised a large-scale survey . This publication reports on the second stage which was undertaken in 1992, and is a series of detailed case studies of 15 local councils of different sizes and types. The extent and nature of their activities and the way they conduct their business is examined.
Offers a practical and critical guide to urban policy in contemporary Britain, drawing on case studies from housing, planning, the social services, economic development and local government finance.