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Local Governance in Britain. By Robert Leach and Janie Percy-Smith. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 263p. $69.95

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2004

R. A. W. Rhodes
R. A. W. Rhodes
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, U.K.
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For some, governance is a weasel word, meaning all things to everyone, but to others it stands for a shift in public management from service delivery using bureaucracy and markets to steering networks of public, private, and voluntary organizations. Robert Leach and Janie Percy-Smith document this shift to network management among British local authorities. Traditionally in Britain, local government has been viewed positively, while the netherworld of other local bodies is deemed “illegitimate.” Leach and Percy-Smith want to make “local governance” respectable while confronting the practical problems posed by the emerging new system.

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Book Reviews
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 214 - 215
Copyright
2003 by the American Political Science Association

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