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1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: The German Economy ; v. 7 |
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Routledge Library Editions: The German Economy
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface ; Contents ; Preface to the Re-Issue of 2017; 1 The Local Authority as an Economic Agent: Possibilities and Limits; Special Features of Economic Policy-Making in Local Government; External Influences on Local Action; The Case Studies; 2 The Formal Framework for Local Economic Action: Powers, Functions and Finance in Britain; The Use of Planning Powers for Economic Development Purposes; Land and Development; Promotion and the Provision of Infrastructure; General and Private Act Powers |
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The Division of Local Authority Powers and the Effects of Internal OrganisationThe Financial Framework; The Central Government and Local Economic Initiatives: a Flexible Framework?; 3 Policies and Activities; The English Cases: An Outline of their Situation and Problems; Local Authority Goals; Economic Activities; 4 Administrative and Political Organisation: Conflict and Co-Operation; The Administrative Organisation of Economic Development; Corporate Planning; Organisational Development; Conflict Over Goals and the Allocation of Responsibilities; Committees and Councillors |
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Local Political Leadership and Economic Policy-MakingRelationships Between Local Authorities; Relationships with Government Bodies above the Local Level; Relationships with Local Industrial and Commercial Interests; 5 Economic Policy-Making by Local Authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany; The Legal Basis of Local Economic Policy; The Planning System; The Case Studies; Goals, Activities and Methods; Administrative Solutions; The Role of Councillors in the Economic Policy Field; The Local Financial System and Planning: Effects on Economic Development |
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External Relations in the Economic Development FieldThe Interplay of Autonomy and Dependence; 6 Programmes and Policies Compared; Introduction; The Policy Context; Local Authorities and the Local Economy; Local Authority Goals and Strategies; Activities: The Local Authority as Promoter; 7 Organisation and Co-ordination Compared; Administrative Responsibility; Internal Conflicts; Political Organisation; Decision-making in the Economic Development Field; Conclusions; Appendix The English Case Studies: Research Methods and Selection; (a) The Phases of Research; (b) The Choice of Cases; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cochrane, Allan
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| ISBN |
9781351847322 |
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1351847325 |
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