Local and Central Government: A Comparative Study of England, France, Prussia, and the United States (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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And constitutional history; and we are inclined to regard the central power as something imposed upon the localities often without their consent, and for centuries extending its influence and authority at their cost. Since the passing of the first Reform Act, the enlargement of the sphere of state action, and the multifarious character of the work brought within it, have compelled the central government either to create new local authorities, or to extend the powers of those already in existence. But even when the national administration was most centralised in England, and local government was most decrepit, the local authorities never ceased to discharge some duties; and so to-day they exercise two kinds of powers.

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