Mixing policy discussion and empirical work by leading researchers in the field, Changing local governance, changing citizens aims to explain what debates about local governance mean for local people.

Contents: Introduction ~ Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson; Citizen governance and reforming public management ~ Prof. Peter John; 'Double devolution' and the turn to neighbourhoods ~ Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson; Multiculturalism and community cohesion ~ Matthew Goodwin; Citizens' housing aspirations and ethnically mixed neighbourhoods ~ Bethan Harries and Liz Richardson; Urban housing market restructuring and the re-casting of neighbourhood governance and community ~ James Rees; Faith, citizenship and community cohesion ~ Rachael Chapman and Leila Thorp; New migrants and local government: poles apart? ~ Leila Thorp; Every Child's Voice Matters? The new governance of children's services ~ Harriet Churchill; Changing behaviour: a new agenda for the public sector? ~ Rebecca Askew, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson; e-Citizenship: reconstructing the public online ~ Prof. Lawrence Pratchett; Conclusion ~ Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson.