Nirmala Rao is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths College, London.

• New times for local democracy; Local democracy and after; The failed promise of reform; Civic-minded Britain?; The reluctant voter; The third way and democratic reform; The modernising agenda: enhancing participation; The modernising agenda: new forms of political leadership; Prospects for a new politics.

"... an admirably clear description of the tortuous development of local democracy - well worth recommending to undergraduates studying Politics or Social Policy " Critical Social Policy

Nirmala Rao is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths College, London.

• New times for local democracy; Local democracy and after; The failed promise of reform; Civic-minded Britain?; The reluctant voter; The third way and democratic reform; The modernising agenda: enhancing participation; The modernising agenda: new forms of political leadership; Prospects for a new politics.

"... an admirably clear description of the tortuous development of local democracy - well worth recommending to undergraduates studying Politics or Social Policy " Critical Social Policy

Nirmala Rao is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths College, London.

• New times for local democracy; Local democracy and after; The failed promise of reform; Civic-minded Britain?; The reluctant voter; The third way and democratic reform; The modernising agenda: enhancing participation; The modernising agenda: new forms of political leadership; Prospects for a new politics.

"... an admirably clear description of the tortuous development of local democracy - well worth recommending to undergraduates studying Politics or Social Policy " Critical Social Policy