This issue of the Policy Review Section contains a single major article by Bob McKean of the consultancy firm PEIDA and Andrew Coulson of the Institute of Local Government Studies. It reviews the role of enterprise boards and focuses in... more
This issue of the Policy Review Section contains a single major article by Bob McKean of the consultancy firm PEIDA and Andrew Coulson of the Institute of Local Government Studies. It reviews the role of enterprise boards and focuses in particular on their investment activities. In recent years enterprise boards have been set up by various local authorities as a
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This article focuses on the developing representational role of elected members in Birmingham as part of the wider modernisation agenda. It describes and analyses 'Local Involvement, Local Action', a local... more
This article focuses on the developing representational role of elected members in Birmingham as part of the wider modernisation agenda. It describes and analyses 'Local Involvement, Local Action', a local authority initiative to enhance democratic participation ...