Author: Tony Travers

Publisher: Biteback Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781849549196

Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: The growth of London and its need for government -- 1965 -- LONDON'S GROWTH - A BRIEF HISTORY -- THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE GROWTH OF A METROPOLIS -- A GROWING DEMAND FOR METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT -- THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL -- THE COMING OF 'GREATER' LONDON -- FURTHER STRUGGLE FOR REFORM -- THE FINAL PUSH -- THE BIRTH OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS -- Chapter 2: The new boroughs and their context -- Chapter 3: 1963-65: creating the boroughs -- PART II: HISTORY -- Chapter 4: The thirty-two boroughs: a brief history -- INNER LONDON -- OUTER LONDON -- PART III: CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 5: Fifty years: an analysis -- IMPACT OF HISTORY AND THE PROCESS OF REFORM -- SETTING UP THE BOROUGHS -- HOUSING -- ROADS -- PLANNING -- EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES -- THE CHANGING ECONOMY, REGENERATION AND A NEW MODEL OF LONDON GOVERNMENT -- DEMOGRAPHY AND IMMIGRATION -- BOROUGH POLITICS -- THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION OF THE 1980S -- THE BOROUGHS AND THE INTERREGNUM -- BOROUGH JOINT WORKING AND REPRESENTATION -- FIFTY GLORIOUS YEARS? -- THE STUDY OF CITIES -- Chapter 6: Counterfactuals -- IF DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS FROM THE 1965 ONES HAD BEEN INTRODUCED -- IF DIFFERENT POLICIES HAD BEEN PURSUED IN KEY SPHERES -- IF DIFFERENT SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE HAD OCCURRED -- Chapter 7: Concluding observations -- APPENDIX 1: Borough population data -- APPENDIX 2: Non-borough London government institutions -- APPENDIX 3: Abbreviations frequently used -- APPENDIX 4: Borough leaders and chief executives -- Index -- A, B, C -- D, E, F -- G, H, I -- J, K, L -- M, N, O -- P, Q, R -- S, T, U -- V, W, X -- Y, Z -- Copyright