Introduction
1. In Defence of the Rational Model
Steve Leach
2. Guidelines to Policy Derivation
John Stewart
3. Corporate Planning in Local Government
Chris Skelcher
4. The Distributional Effects of Local Government Services
Barbara Webster
5. The Use of Information in Policy and Management Systems
Steve Rogers
6. Monitoring and the Planning Cycle
Felix Wedgewood-Oppenheim
7. Planning Context and Planning Methodology in Regional Planning
Chris Skelcher
8. Country–District Relations in Town Planning
Steve Leach
9. Area Management and Responsive Policy-Making
Barbara Webster
10. Comprehensive Community Programmes
Ken Spencer
11. Planning Health Care Services
Bryan Stoten
12. Choice in the Design of Policy-Making Systems
John Stewart
Biography
Steve Leach is Emeritus Professor of Local Government at De Montfort University, UK. He worked at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) from 1977 to 1996, by which time he held the position of Reader. He has worked previously as a town planner in local government and as a polytechnic lecturer in town planning.
John Stewart was a unique figure in the world of British local government with a profound influence on both theory and practice. He served as the Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies and Professor of Local Government at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was a member of the Layfield committee on Local Government Finance (1974–1976).
