Subject(s): Local government in Great Britain. -- Nature of local government, administration of local government, politics of local government -- Administrative context : Structure of local government origins to 1970, acts of 1888 and 1894, early years of modern system, reorganization years -- Structure of local government - 1970 to the present : England, Wales, Scotland, northern Ireland -- Services provided by local government : Development of local government services, distribution of services, present position, special position of police -- Internal organization : Maud report, Bains report, Widdicombe report, political management -- Local government finance : Local government expenditure, local government current income, local government audit -- Political context : Local councillors, parties and people : Local electoral system, councilors, polices and parties, public awareness of local government -- Group activity in local political process : Local interest groups, local government trade unions, industrial democracy in local government -- National local government system : National parties and local government, national collective bargaining, role of professional associations -- Central-local government relations : Classic approach, secretaries of state for Ireland, wales and Scotland, recent models of central-local government relations, rate-capping -- Structural context - Allocation of responsibility for public services : Water and sewage, health, transport, state education- public service or private commodity -- Local government and local economy : Urban program, local economic polices, new urban left and local economic policy -- Theories of local state : Constitutional approach, pluralist approach, Marxist approach, dual state thesis