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Party politics and local government

Analysing democratic theory and its relevance to local politics, this book looks at the dynamics of council chamber politics and the approaches taken by the main parties. The author suggests that, in order for councils to become politically meaningful, they must radically change the way in which they conduct local politics and decision making
Print Book, English, 2004
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, Manchester, New York, 2004
x, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780719066344, 9780719066351, 0719066344, 0719066352
55523331
1.Party politics : an unwelcome partisan presence or a democratic necessity?
2.Representation : the party or the people?
3.Local parties and local politics : a democratic necessity or a sectional interest?
4.The political party group : the Leviathan of local politics
5.Local party groups and the national party
6.Party political exchanges
7.The councillor, the citizen and the community : rises of representation
8.Political executives in local government : a challenge to the primacy of the party group
9.Directly elected mayors : a new political dynamic or a tired party hack?