Abstract
The established ways of doing local government are giving way to new, as yet not fully formed, governance alternatives. The use of governance captures an understanding that there has been for more than two decades a period of change in governing arrangements at the local level. Old has not entirely given way to a finally formed new but the obituaries for the old system can be written. However, our focus is on a period of intense transition that is under way. The search for a reformed local governance is a response to working in a post-industrial, post-bureaucratic and post-welfare state expansion period. Crouch (2000: 13) explains in abstract terms what is implied by ‘post-X’:
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© 2004 Gerry Stoker
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Stoker, G. (2004). The Emerging System of Local Governance. In: Transforming Local Governance. Government Beyond the Centre. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21368-5_2
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