Addressing issues at the cutting edge of comparative politics and public policy, this book is based on extensive research and interviews with local decision makers in two pairs of cities in England and France. The book provides a rigorous checklist of institutional and policy reforms in the two countries since the early 1980s.

Alistair Cole is Professorial Research Fellow at Cardiff University. His many publications include Franco German Relations, French Politics and Society, and Francois Mitterand: A study in political leadership.
Peter John is Anniversary Reader in Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London. He chaired the Political Studies Association Research Sub-Committee, 1999-2000, and worked closely with the Economic and Social Research Council as an adviser. He is the author of Analysing Public Policy.

1. The Age of Governance
2. Local Politics and Policy-making in England
3. Local Politics and Policy-making in France
4. The Governance of Local Economic Development in England and France
5. The Governance of Education in England and France
6. Governing British Cities
7. Governing French Cities
8. Local Governance in England and France