Local Governance in England and France (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)

Local Governance in England and France addresses issues at the cutting edge of comparative politics and public policy. The book is based on extensive research and interviews, over 300 in total, with local decision makers in two pairs of cities in England and France: Lille and Leeds; Rennes and Southampton. No other Anglo-French comparative project has ever gone into such depth - based on actual case studies - making this book an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike. The book poses key questions about the changing role of the state, the difficulties of policy coordination in a fragmented institutional context, and about the relationship between governance, networks as well as political and democratic accountability. It will be of great interest to the professional research community, and practitioners in Britain, France and beyond, as well as to students of comparative politics, European public policy, British / French politics, European studies, public management and local government studies. "Addressing issues at the cutting edge of comparative politics and public policy, this book is based on extensive research and interviews with local decision makers in two pairs of cities in England and France. The book provides a rigorous checklist of institutional and policy reforms in the two countries since the early 1980s." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/00068998-d.html Goldsmith 1987; Page 1991; Sharpe 1993). On the other hand, the 'most different' properties of the Anglo-French comparison are balanced by countervailing forces. Alistair Cole And Peter John. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [161]-182) And Index.