Local government and democracy in the United Kingdom

Local government and democracy in the United KingdomAuthor: Neil Barnett ISBN: 9781526150646 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 01 Dec 2023 Pages: 296 Format: Hardback This book examines the crisis in UK local government, looking at how the system has changed throughout the twentieth and twenty first centuries and asking what lies ahead. Local government in the UK is in crisis. It is now neither local in terms of the geography and populations of its principle units, nor does

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Bob Skinner must challenge local beliefs and legends to solve a gruesome murder in this fourth installment in the fantastic Scottish crime series

while exploring Dal's role as its illustrator and the reception of both by mid-century popular culture

and history without separating the theoretical discussion from his historical reconstructions

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COVID-19 will forces us to deeply reflect on how we govern and our policy priorities