LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLICY NETWORKS IN THE UK: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY
- Authors: Khalifa M.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Applied Science University
- Suez Canal University
- Issue: Vol 20, No 4 (2018)
- Pages: 516-524
- Section: POLITICAL PROCESSES IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/2313-1438/article/view/340004
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1438-2018-20-4-516-524
- ID: 340004
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Abstract
In the United Kingdom, local government includes authorities and subordinate agencies that are established according to the law, under the direction of a locally elected council to provide services for their local neighborhoods and represent their concerns and interests. The United Kingdom does not have a federal government, like the United States; there is no division of powers between the central government and local units. The central government has all governmental powers and is dominantly responsible for public policy making. The research will clarify the function of local government and identify the relationship between the central government and local authorities. It will also analyze modern models of policy networks in the UK and demonstrate their difference from the federal system.
About the authors
Mahmoud Khalifa
Applied Science University; Suez Canal University
Email: m.khalifa@commerce.suez.edu.eg
PhD, Senior Lecturer of Applied Science University (Bahrain) & Suez Canal University (Egypt), Visiting Fellow of the University of Lincoln (UK) 315 Shabab Road, Manama, Bahrain; 4.5 Km the Ring Road, Ismailia, Egypt, 41522
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