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Scottish Local Government (Paperback)
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Scottish Local Government (Paperback)
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This book fills an important gap in our understanding of Scottish
local government in the dynamic new context of the Scottish
Parliament. It provides academics, students, practitioners,
journalists and others with a broad-ranging yet detailed account,
not just of how local government actually works, but also the main
political issues and debates surrounding its multi-faceted roles in
contemporary Scotland. It covers issues such as: *The nature and
purpose of Scottish local government *The strengths and weaknesses
of unitary authorities *Modernisation of political management
arrangements *Roles and remuneration for councillors *Electoral
reform and new methods for encouraging citizen participation *The
growth of non-elected local governance *Best Value and the rise of
the performance culture *The politics of council finance: including
business rates, Council Tax and PFI *The wider context of
central-local relations, multi-level governance and globalization
The book contains a wealth of facts, figures, tables and diagrams.
The accompanying analysis draws, in a supportive way, on literature
from the traditions of public policy, public administration and
political science. The end result is an original, modern,
accessible analysis of Scottish local government in the context of
devolution. A particular focus throughout is assessing the
'distinctiveness' of Scottish local government compared to the rest
of the UK, and addressing the question -- to what extent has
devolution made a difference to Scottish local government? Key
Features: * Only modern work of its kind - fills a gap in our
understanding of local government in Scotland * Accessible - offers
the facts of how Scottish local government works, combined with
incisive political analysis * Places Scottish local government in
the context of the Scottish Parliament, Westminster, the EU and an
increasingly globalised world
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