ROBERT LEACH is Principal Lecturer in Government at Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University. He is a co-author of Local Government and Thatcherism, author of British Political Ideologies and a contributor to a number of other books.JANIE PERCY SMITH is Principal Lecturer in the Policy Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University where she is engaged in a wide range of research relating to local governance, community development and policy evaluation.

'[An] excellent, clearly-focused book that genuinely takes students beyond the narrowly institutional approach to local government.' - Neil McGarvey, University of Strathclyde

• Local Governance: The Terms of the DebateTheories, Concepts and IssuesThe Development of Local GovernanceCommunity LeadershipLocal DemocracyResources for Local GovernanceFrom Public Administration to 'Third Way'Addressing the 'Wicked Issues'Above and Below Local Government: Multi-level GovernanceLocal Governance in the Twenty First Century.