Local Government in Crisis: A Review Article

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In this article the editor reviews six recent books dealing in different ways with the current crisis in central-local governmental relations in Britain. Three deal with the nature of local government per se, two from a critical stance alleging serious inefficiency and lack of accountability. One advocates the case for local government, and the other two examine central-local relations in particular contexts. There is strong convergence on how the present system may be described, but marked dissensus on prescriptions for reform, reflecting not only differences in political values but also an inadequate analysis of the critical organisational issues.

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