The politics of decentralisation : revitalising local democracy

PART 1: THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE - Introduction - The Crisis in Urban Government - Rethinking Local Democracy - The Character of Local Political Innovation - PART 2: DECENTRALISED MANAGEMENT - Introduction - Neighbourhood Decentralisation and the New Public Management - Shaking up the Bureaucracies - Lessons From Experience - PART 3: DECENTRALISED DEMOCRACY - Introduction - Enhancing Participatory Democracy: Islington - Extending Representative Democracy: Tower Hamlets - Lessons From Experience - PART 4: BEYOND DECENTRALISATION - Re-empowering Local Government - Empowering Communities - Local Democracy Beyond the Local State