Steve Leach is Emeritus Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, UK. He worked at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) from 1977 to 1996, by which time he held the position of Reader. He has worked previously as a town planner in local government and as a polytechnic lecturer in town planning.John Stewart was a unique figure in the world of British local government with a profound influence on both theory and practice. He served as the Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies and Professor of Local Government at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was a member of the Layfield committee on Local Government Finance (1974–1976).

• Introduction 1. In Defence of the Rational Model 2. Guidelines to Policy Derivation 3. Corporate Planning in Local Government 4. The Distributional Effects of Local Government Services 5. The Use of Information in Policy and Management Systems 6. Monitoring and the Planning Cycle 7. Planning Context and Planning Methodology in Regional Planning 8. Country–District Relations in Town Planning 9. Area Management and Responsive Policy-Making 10. Comprehensive Community Programmes 11. Planning Health Care Services 12. Choice in the Design of Policy-Making Systems

Steve Leach is Emeritus Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, UK. He worked at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) from 1977 to 1996, by which time he held the position of Reader. He has worked previously as a town planner in local government and as a polytechnic lecturer in town planning.John Stewart was a unique figure in the world of British local government with a profound influence on both theory and practice. He served as the Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies and Professor of Local Government at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was a member of the Layfield committee on Local Government Finance (1974–1976).

• Introduction 1. In Defence of the Rational Model 2. Guidelines to Policy Derivation 3. Corporate Planning in Local Government 4. The Distributional Effects of Local Government Services 5. The Use of Information in Policy and Management Systems 6. Monitoring and the Planning Cycle 7. Planning Context and Planning Methodology in Regional Planning 8. Country–District Relations in Town Planning 9. Area Management and Responsive Policy-Making 10. Comprehensive Community Programmes 11. Planning Health Care Services 12. Choice in the Design of Policy-Making Systems

Steve Leach is Emeritus Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, UK. He worked at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) from 1977 to 1996, by which time he held the position of Reader. He has worked previously as a town planner in local government and as a polytechnic lecturer in town planning.John Stewart was a unique figure in the world of British local government with a profound influence on both theory and practice. He served as the Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies and Professor of Local Government at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was a member of the Layfield committee on Local Government Finance (1974–1976).

• Introduction 1. In Defence of the Rational Model 2. Guidelines to Policy Derivation 3. Corporate Planning in Local Government 4. The Distributional Effects of Local Government Services 5. The Use of Information in Policy and Management Systems 6. Monitoring and the Planning Cycle 7. Planning Context and Planning Methodology in Regional Planning 8. Country–District Relations in Town Planning 9. Area Management and Responsive Policy-Making 10. Comprehensive Community Programmes 11. Planning Health Care Services 12. Choice in the Design of Policy-Making Systems