Comparing Local Governance : Trends and Developments (Paperback)

Preface.- Local Governance in the Third Millennium: A Brave New World?; B.Denters & L.E.Rose.- France: The Intermunicipal Revolution; O.Borraz & P.Le Gales.- 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.Stahlberg.- 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.