Impact of the abolition of the metropolitan county councils

In: Local government studies, Band 16, Heft May/Jun 90

Abstract

A major research project has been carried out by a team from the Institute of Local Government Studies, which has attempted to evaluate the impact of the abolition of the MCCs upon the nature of metropolitan government, on the basis of a number of different criteria including public accountability, public comprehensibility and the pattern of resource allocation. Introduces articles which illustrate particular aspects. Places the origins, experience and impact of the abolition of the GLC and MCCs in a wider context. (Abstract amended)