Fr. 51.50

A History of Local Government in the Twentieth Century

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 19.01.2026

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Originally published in 1978, this book covers all aspects of the development of local authorities; the changing types of people who worked in them - solicitors, trade unionists, politicians and reformers; the growing influence of political parties in local affairs; the widening concept of the purpose of local government and the attendant financial problems; the partnership and conflict with central government; the rise of the associations of local authorities and their influence over the many proposals to change the structure of local government in the late 20th Century.


List of contents










1.Introduction 2. The Constitution of Local Authorities 3. Functions 4. Popularism 5. People in Local Government 6. Party Politics 7. Finance 8. Central Control 9. The Local Authority Associations 10. Reorganisation 11. The 1972 Act.


About the author










Bryan Keith-Lucas (1912-1996) was an English political scientist.
Peter G. Richards was Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton.


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