• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Continuing Relevance of the Local Government Review, Steve Leach; Chapter 2 Reviewing the Review, Howard Davis; Chapter 3 The Local Government Review: A ‘Policy Process’ Perspective, Steve Leach; Chapter 4 The New Public Management and the Local Government Review, Robert Leach, Neil Barnett; Chapter 5 Public Choice Theory and Local Government Structure: An Evaluation of Reorganisation in Scotland and Wales, George A. Boyne; Chapter 6 Local Government Reform in Scotland: Managing the Transition, Arthur Midwinter, Neil McGarvey; Chapter 7 The Local Government Review – An Inept Process, John Sinnott; Chapter 8 LGR: A Bizarre Can of Worms, Tim Mobbs; Chapter 9 Local Government Reform in the US – And Why it Differs so Greatly from Britain, Donald F. Norris;

'The book remains an extremely valuable contribution to a growing body of work on the party and the state. Furthermore its problematization of the ubiquitous "Part-state" category is pioneering. Scholars and students of Chinese politics, communist and post-communist and post-communist studies and public administration are well advised to add this to their bookshelves.' - Government and Opposition'All the essays are intrinsically interesting.' - British Politics Group Newspaper