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The article reflects upon the fundamental changes which have affected British local government in the 1980s and upon the responses to these changes by local authorities. The processes of restructuring affecting localities are summarised to provide a context in which to analyse the responses of local government to change. The main part of the article looks at the range of responses. The typology of responses identified are: resignation, resistance, radical reform and pragmatic reform. The article concludes by arguing that despite political centralisation and processes of national and international economic restructuring individual local authorities exhibit a variety of responses not only between each other but within the organisation over time or between different services.

Compares proposals developed by the major political parties during the 1980s.

This book is a result of a study group that met to discuss the child's theory of mind. A topic whose effects span cognitive, language, and social development, it may bring a unifying influence to developmental psychology. New studies in this area acknowledge children's conceptions of intention and belief, as well as intention and belief themselves, and consider the explanations they provide for children's developing abilities. The contributors to this important volume examine several aspects of the child's theory of mind, and present significant research findings on the theory itself and how it changes and develops for each child. Discussions of the utility of a theory of mind to the child, and to developmental psychologists trying to understand children, are provided. Finally, new explanations are offered for how children acquire a theory of mind in the first place.