Models of Local Governance

WILLIAM MILLER is Edward Caird Professor of Politics at Glasgow University and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.MALCOLM DICKSON is Lecturer in Politics at Strathclyde University.GERRY STOKER is Professor of Government at Strathclyde University and formerly Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Local Governance Programme.

• List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction and Overview From Local Government to Local Governance A Multi-level Survey The Limits of Local Identity The Role of Local Governance The Image of Traditional Local Government Institutional Preferences Governing Perspectives Testing Models Against Public Opinion Public Support for Local Democracy Index