Power and Party in an English City : An Account of Single-Party Rule (Hardcover)

1. Introduction

PART ONE: THE LOCAL PARTY

2. Party membership and organisation

3. Membership activity

4. The party and the group

PART TWO: THE COMMITTEES

5. The group and decision making

6. The power of the group leader

7. Group discipline

PART THREE: THE COMMITTEES
8. The distribution of power in the committee process

9. Pre-Caucus deliberation

10. The Labour pre-meetings

PART FOUR: THE INDIVIDUAL LABOUR COUNCILLOR

11. The power of the individual councillor

12. The councillor's resources

PART FIVE: THE GROUP AND THE CITIZEN
13. The citizen's access to official information

PART SIX: SOME CONCLUSIONS AND POSSIBLE REFORMS

14. Liberty of criticism and the validity of our knowledge

15. Some principles of good government