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Turnout at Local Elections: Influences on levels of voter registration and electoral participation - published May 2000
Summary

Council Tax Consultation - guidleines for local authorities - report and summary

Public Participation in Local Government Report(2002)- ( Adobe Acrobat 498kb )
Public Participation in Local Government Summary(2002) - ( Adobe Acrobat 72kb )

Understanding youth participation in local Government: A Qualitative Study - ( Adobe Acrobat 266kb )

It is our money anyway ... Research Summary (pdf file 80KB) - published February 2000

Revisiting Public Perception of Local Government: A Decade of Change Research Summary (pdf file70kb) - published February 2000

Guidance on Enhancing Public Participation - published October 1998
Summary

Enhancing Public Participation in Local Government - published September 1998

Releasing People for Council Duties - published June 1998

Public Access to Information - published June 1995

Public Access to Information about Local Government - published January 1995

Research Reports on Business Perceptions of Local Government and Local Government Involvement with the Business Community - published June 2000

Turnout at Local Elections: Influences on levels of voter registration and electoral participation. Plymouth University and Maxwell Stamp PLC, ODPM, 2000. (Full report 3 and summary 2 also available)

1998 British Social Attitudes Survey: Secondary Data Analysis of the Local Government Module. N.I. Chivite-Matthews and J. Teal, DTLR 2001.

Revisiting Public Perceptions of Local Government: A Decade of Change. National Centre for Social Research, DTLR, 2000. (Full report 3 and summary 2 available).

It Is Our Money Anyway ...: Lessons Learnt From Giving The Public a Voice in Local Authority Spending Decisions. National Centre for Social Research, DTLR, 2000. (Full report 3 and summary 2 available).

Public Access to Information: an evaluation of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, A Maidment and J Steele, Policy Studies Institute, BEBC Distribution Ltd 1995. (Full report 4 and summary 2 available).

Faith in Local Democracy, K Young and N Rao in British Social Attitudes the 12th Report, SCPR 1995. (ISBN 1 85521 606X).

Explaining Election Turnout, C Rallings and M Thrasher, HMSO 1994. (Full report 1 and summary 2 available).

Identification with Local Areas, A Hedges and J Kelly, DoE 2 1992.

Public Perceptions of Local Government: Its Finance and Services, P Lynn HMSO 1 1992.

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