Local government in England : centralisation, autonomy and control

• Main Author: Copus, Colin ; Roberts, Mark ; Wall, Rachel
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
• Subjects: Political science; Local government; England; Public Affairs and Administration; Social Science; 352.042
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/81037
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The book explores the claim that English local government exists in one of the most centralised relationships with national government. Such a position fundamentally undermines any notion of local self-government and makes the term 'government' in local government a misnomer. The book will...