Governing London: Recreating the Metropolitan Community

by Ben Pimlott

2020-11-25 00:28:06

This timely book is the first to take a close historical look at Ken Livingstone s London. It examines the development of London governance from the demise of the Greater London Council to the establishment of the Greater London Authority.The author... Read more
This timely book is the first to take a close historical look at Ken Livingstone s London. It examines the development of London governance from the demise of the Greater London Council to the establishment of the Greater London Authority.The authors investigate the working of Mayor and Assembly, unravel the underlying politics of London and explore policy debates about transport, crime, and economic development. Finally they pose a question of key importance, not just to Londoners, but also to those interested in urban governancethroughout the world: to what extent can the creation of new institutions and instruments of government give a major city the sense of being a political community? Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.81 in
Print pages207
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date March 15, 2002
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199244928
Author
Benjamin John Pimlott FBA (4 July 1945 – 10 April 2004), known as Ben Pimlott, was a British historian of the post-war period in Britain. He made a substantial contribution to the literary genre of...

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