Leading the Localities Executive Mayors in English Local Governance

by Copus, Colin

• ISBN13: 9780719071867
• ISBN10: 0719071860
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-19
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

This book is the result of national research conducted amongst England's directly elected mayors and the counselors that serve alongside them. It is the first such major publication to assess the impact on local politics of this new office and fills a gap in our understanding of how the Local Government Act 2000 has influenced local governance. The book also draws from a range of research that has focused on elected mayors - in England and overseas - to set out how the powers, roles and responsibilities of mayors and mayoral councils would need to change if English local politics is to fundamentally reconnect with citizens.

Author Biography

Colin Copus is Senior Lecturer in Local Politics at the Institute of Local Government Studies, the University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures	vi
Preface	viii
Introduction	1	(22)
Mayors: a new form of local politics or a very English compromise?	23	(25)
Local political leadership and mayoral government	48	(28)
Running the council or leading the community? A mayoral dichotomy	76	(23)
Democracy and representation: the rights of mayors	99	(22)
Elected mayors: a new style of English local politics?	121	(21)
The elected mayor: lessons from overseas	142	(22)
Councillors: a new and developing role or a diminished responsibility?	164	(27)
Conclusion	191	(25)
Postscript: the 2005 mayoral elections	216	(3)
Bibliography	219	(8)
Index	227