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Comparing Local Governance: Trends and Developments(Government beyond the Centre)

Comparing Local Governance: Trends and Developments(Government beyond the Centre)


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A broad-ranging assessment of continuities and change in local governance in the western industrialized world providing in-depth assessments by leading experts of a wide range of countries exemplifying between them the whole spectrum of types and models of local government systems and networks. A central focus is on the impact of public management reforms, new forms of community governance and changes in central-local relations.

Table of Contents:
Preface Local Governance in the Third Millennium: A Brave New World?; B.Denters & L.E.Rose France: The Intermunicipal Revolution; O.Borraz & P.Le Galès Italy: After the Storm; L.Bobbio Belgium: The Changing World of Belgian Municipalities; Y.Plees The Netherlands: In Search of Responsiveness; B.Denters & P.J.Klok The Nordic Countries: Still the 'Promised Land'?; L.E.Rose & K.Ståhlberg Poland: A Time of Transition; P.Swianiewicz Germany: A New Type of Local Government; O.W.Gabriel & S.Eisenmann Switzerland: Reforming Small Autonomous Municipalities; A.Ladner The United Kingdom: An Increasingly Differentiated Polity?; D.Wilson New Zealand: A Quantum Leap Forward?; G.Bush Australia: Still a Tale of Cinderella?; C.Aulich The United States: Executive Centred Politics; H.V.Savitch & R.K.Vogel A New Intergovernmentalism?; M.Goldsmith Toward Community Governance?; B Denters & L.E.Rose.

About the Author :
BAS DENTERS is Professor of Urban Policy and Politics, University of Twente, The Netherlands LAWRENCE E. ROSE is Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway BAS DENTERS is Professor of Urban Policy and Politics, University of Twente, The Netherlands LAWRENCE E. ROSE is Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway

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'...an excellent addition to the 'Government Beyond the Centre' series and one that will be extremely useful to both academics and professionals wanting to understand how local governance is developing across the industralised world'. - Philip Catney, Political Studies Review "[P]rovides a succinct overview of contemporary local governance! [and] an excellent survey of recent! trends mostly within Europe but including some chapters on countries outside! All the chapters follow a similar format defined by the editors and all are written to a high level of quality." - John Loughlin, European Political Science '[A] useful summary of recent developments in local government and... a valuable starting point for future comparative research.' - Sylvia Tijmstra, Environment and Planning 'This book is a gold mine for all those interested in comparative local politics.' - Herwig Reynaet, Acta Politics


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780333995556
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Red Globe Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Series Title: Government beyond the Centre
  • Weight: 508 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0333995554
  • Publisher Date: 11 Feb 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Trends and Developments
  • Width: 138 mm


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