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.
Exceptionally broadranging assessment of local governance in the industrialized world Country chapters written by leading experts carefully structured and edited to ensure coherence Provides new insights into changes highlighting both common trends and diversity
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executive governance Government public management reforms revolution