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The Ties That Bind

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The pervasiveness and strength of the centralist narrative regarding local government is explored in the chapter by examining what it is that binds local government to the centre in a dependent relationship. By exploring three specifically selected areas—the role of national political parties in local government, the managerial and political duties imposed on local government by the centre and the financial control the centre wields over local government—the chapter elaborates the dependency relationship that local government has with the centre. It does this to be able to move on to suggest how the political and government role played by central and local government could be rebalanced to the benefit of the latter and how such rebalancing would benefit both government and citizens.

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    Colin Copus & Rachel Wall

  2. Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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Copus, C., Roberts, M., Wall, R. (2017). The Ties That Bind. In: Local Government in England . Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-26418-3_6

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