Contract or Trust?: The Role of Compacts in Local Governance

by Gary Craig, Marilyn Taylor, Mick Wilkinson

Relationships between local and central government and voluntary and community organisations have been controversial for some time; and particularly since the introduction of the 'contract culture' during the 1980s. New Labour now argues that it wishes to develop a 'partnership culture' in which the voluntary sector is a major partner.New local partnerships, or compacts, of varying kinds are now being developed across the UK, involving a range of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861343795
• ISBN13: 9781861343796
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 48 Pages