Böcker av David G. Green

Provides an account of how decisions are taken by the state at the level of locality. The author seeks to examine and analyse the importance of party discipline, the relationship between the Labour group of councillors and the party outside the council, the power of the committee chairmen, and the openness of the local policy-making process.

Just as ants create an anthill without being aware of it, unintended side effects of human activity create all manner of social trends and crises. Finally, it looks at the way side effects of new technologies, especially computers and communication, have created an Information Revolution, the full repercussions of which are yet to be seen.