Regulating Local Authorities

Emerging Patterns of Central Control

Paul Carmichael, Arthur Midwinter

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Routledge
30 January 2003

Central government policies; Regional government policies

This work examines the relationship between central governments and local authorities in the UK as well as a range of European states and South Africa. Specifically, it is concerned with the changing regulatory frameworks through which central governments seek to exercise control and influence over the activities of local authorities in a variety of different countries. As such, the book considers the legal, administrative and financial frameworks within which local authorities operate as well as the influence of performance management systems on local authority autonomy.

Edited by: Paul Carmichael, Arthur Midwinter
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 230mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9780714683065
ISBN 10: 071468306X
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 30 January 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Central-local relations since the Layfield Report; intergovernmental relations in Scotland post-devolution; central grants and local spending in Britain; guide democracy or multi-level governance? New trends in regulatory regimes in central-local relations in the Nordic countries; central government over local government - a Western European comparison; central-local financial relations in South Africa; between rhetoric and reality - does the 2001 White Paper reverse the centralizing trend in Britain?

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.

Reviews for Regulating Local Authorities: Emerging Patterns of Central Control

'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