Subject(s): Local government in Great Britain -- past and future of local governance -- Structure, finance and management of local governance -- Competition and public service delivery -- Internal management of local authorities -- Citizen's character -- Services and functions -- Restructuring education -- Community care and social services -- Social housing -- Urban and economic development -- Local governance restructuring : 1979-1994 -- Post-fordist local state -- Urban left and new right: normative theory and local government -- Local authorities as community government