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Focuses on local democratic politics in Britain over the last decade and a half from the election of the New Labour Government right up to the current Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government.

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The book's insights will prove invaluable to any students, lecturers and local goverment officers interested in mapping the shifting terrain of contemporary local governance in England. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 The theoretical context
2 Civic engagement and political participation: debates and evidence
3 The challenge of local democracy, civic engagement and community: an agenda for change
4 Local democracy at the formal level
5 Opening up local democracy beyond the formal realm
6 Local services, community and civic engagement
7 Regeneration and sustainability
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Local Democracy Civic Engagement and Community

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 5/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719079115, 978-0719079115
    ISBN10: 071907911X
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    Far-left political ideologies and movements Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements Regional, state and local government policies

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Focuses on local democratic politics in Britain over the last decade and a half from the election of the New Labour Government right up to the current Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government.

    Trade Review
    The book's insights will prove invaluable to any students, lecturers and local goverment officers interested in mapping the shifting terrain of contemporary local governance in England. -- .

    Table of Contents

    Introduction
    1 The theoretical context
    2 Civic engagement and political participation: debates and evidence
    3 The challenge of local democracy, civic engagement and community: an agenda for change
    4 Local democracy at the formal level
    5 Opening up local democracy beyond the formal realm
    6 Local services, community and civic engagement
    7 Regeneration and sustainability
    Conclusion
    Bibliography
    Index

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