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Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions

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Local governments today are under extreme pressure to undertakeboundary reform. The global trend toward urbanization has brought withit economic, environmental, social, and regional demands that havesevere implications for local governments and their territories. As aresult, changing the areal jurisdiction of this most basic level ofgovernment has become a persistent and pressing challenge around theglobe. This collection examines the legal and regulatory proceduresinvolved in such municipal restructuring. Case studies from eightnations -- the United States, Canada, Spain, Germany, Israel, Korea,China, and South Africa -- investigate how and why local governmentshave been enlarged in scope and reduced in number within each country.Four key aspects are examined: the geography of the local governmentboundary problem, the procedures associated with boundary reform, theroles of institutions and actors in boundary reform, and theimplications for urban and regional governance. Redrawing Local Government Boundaries offers a broadtheoretical understanding of local government boundary reform andinforms the wider scholarly discussion about institutional change,state structures, and the areal jurisdiction of local governments. Thefirst international comparative study of local boundary reform, it willbe a valuable reference for scholars and students of political science,public administration, geography, urban studies, and urbanplanning.

Table of Contents:
Figures and Tables Acknowledgments   1. Introduction / John Meligrana 2. Redrawing Local Boundaries: Deriving the Principles forPolitically Just Procedures / Ronan Paddison 3. Goals for Municipal Restructuring Plans / AndrejsSkaburskis 4. Annexation Activity and Policy in the United States / GregLindsey 5. Canadian Experiences of Local Government Boundary Reform: AComparison of Quebec and Ontario / Raphaël Fischler, JohnMeligrana, and Jeanne M. Wolfe 6. The Two Waves of Territorial Reform of Local Government inGermany / Hellmut Wollmann 7. Changeless Boundaries do not fix a Changing History: The Map ofthe Spanish Local Government / Abel Albet i Mas 8. Changing Local Government Boundaries in Israel: The Paradox ofExtreme Centralism versus Inability to Reform / Eran Razin 9. Confusing Responses to Regional Conflicts: Restructuring LocalAdministrative Boundaries in Korea / Dong-Ho Shin 10. Reorganizing Urban Space in Post-Reform China / JianfaShen 11. Local Government Reorganization in South Africa / RobertCameron 12. Conclusion: Changing Local Government Boundaries in DifferentPolitical-Ideological Environments / John Meligrana and ErinRazin   Contributors Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780774809344
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Weight: 360 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0774809345
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions
  • Width: 152 mm


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