Perspectives on Australian Local Government Reform draws upon the insights and expertise of an extraordinary group of contributors, drawn from practitioners wit
The last few years have seen unprecedented change taking place in the Australian local government arena. In all states the functions and responsibilities of loc
'Written by an impressive array of experts, this book surveys local government reforms in six advanced democracies, federal and unitary, which share a municipal
Recent Australian local government structural reform has manifested as council amalgamations and predominantly as imposed merger processes. This book examines c
'Structural reform has been one of the most important, and yet one of the most neglected, aspects of modern local government. This book represents the first att