Transforming Local Political Leadership

Local governments throughout the west are undergoing a transformation of their leadership styles and structures. Some countries have abandoned traditional systems of collective or committee based decision-making in favour of Cabinet models or, more radica

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Transforming Local Political Leadership

10.1057/9780230501331 - Transforming Political Leadership in Local Government, Edited by Rikke Berg and Nirmala Rao

By the same author (Nirmala Rao) GOVERNING LONDON (with Ben Pimlott)

THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNITY IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES (edited) REVIVING LOCAL DEMOCRACY? TOWARDS WELFARE PLURALISM: Public Services in a Time of Change

10.1057/9780230501331 - Transforming Political Leadership in Local Government, Edited by Rikke Berg and Nirmala Rao

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT SINCE 1945 (with Ken Young)

Edited by

Rikke Berg and Nirmala Rao

10.1057/9780230501331 - Transforming Political Leadership in Local Government, Edited by Rikke Berg and Nirmala Rao

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Transforming Local Political Leadership

© Edited by Rikke Berg and Nirmala Rao 2005

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