'Written by an impressive array of experts, this book surveys local government reforms in six advanced democracies, federal and unitary, which share a municipal
This book is a bold prescription for local government reform that moves well beyond the old arguments regarding consolidations (also referred to as amalgamation
Decentralisation is now taking place in the public administrations of most countries of the world. This book explores the variety of methods used to ensure that
'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
This book addresses and explores recent trends in the field of local and urban governance. It focuses on three domains: institutional reforms in local governmen