Explaining local government

Explaining local governmentExplaining local government uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain since 1800 until the present day. The study explains how the institution evolved from a structure that appeared to be relatively free from central government interference to one of the most centralised systems of government in the Western world.

It argues that while skilled immigration policies are often gendered

burning political passions

Beautifully produced in a facsimile edition

Nine Queens

theviolentperson

Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money's underwriting of human existence and culture

and the priorities of the movie industry

and performance studies

it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars

Vincent and the Grenadines

and a Romantic-era history play

This third volume of the successful Directory of World Cinema series to focus on American independent filmmaking presents in-depth essays on forty-four filmmakers who have primarily worked outside the mainstream or on its industrial margins