Renewing Local Democracy?

Bringing together research on different features of the democratic renewal agenda to investigate how local authorities are responding, this text includes a contribution from the main architect of the modernization, Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong.

Lawrence Pratchett

Defining democratic renewal, Lawrence Pratchett; the key themes of democratic renewal, Hilary Armstrong; democratic renewal in local government - continuity and change, Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins; public participation and the democratic renewal agenda - prioritization or marginalization?, Steve Leach and Melvin Wingfield; researching public participation, Marian Barnes; the party group - a barrier to democratic renewal, Colin Copus; political leadership in the new urban governance - Britain and France compared, Peter John and Alistair Cole; rebuilding trust in central/local relations - policy or passion?, Vivian Lowndes.