Local Government Reform in England

Jack Brand was a respected political scientist and one of the first academic chroniclers of the SNP.

• Introduction. 1. The Problems of Local Government and The Needs of Planning 2. The Ministries and Local Government Reform 3. The Local Government Associations and Reform 4. The Parties and Local Government Reform 5. Local Government Reform: A Study of Structural Modernisation Appendix 1: Dramatis Personae Appendix 2: The Distribution of Functions: New and Old Versions Map: Maud Compared With the Conservative Government’s Proposals.

‘…a stimulating and informative study.’ Frank Smallwood, Political Science Quarterly, Vol 90, No. 3