Author : Alan Norton
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
This reference work offers detailed guidance on subnational systems of government in advanced democracies. It describes and compares local and regional systems world-wide, with extensive treatment of those in France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Britain, the United States and Japan.
Author : Barbara Pini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 17,9 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1136815236
This volume brings together international experts to examine and compare women in local government and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.
Author : Michiel S. de Vries
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 023028731X
Local governments encounter many problems, and although there is not one panacea that works internationally, this book argues that there are mechanisms to improve local situations. By drawing on case studies from the developing world, the authors review best practices in good governance.
Author : Harald Baldersheim
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2006-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3847412973
The book provides a the state-of-the-art of local government studies, with an emphasis on contributions by political science. Particular attention is paid to the development of the research agenda in the field, of which a potential future development is outlined.
Author : Dirk Brand
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 2016-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1920689974
Local Government Financeÿdoes not follow the conventional operational approach to local government finance which typically focuses on issues such as revenue collection, budgeting, performance auditing and accounting, and debt administration. Instead, it offers a broader systemic and multi-level perspective by assessing the governance model of local government finance. For this purpose, the authors compare and contrast the South African model with the international experience. The publication thus makes a significant contribution to analysts and scholars in their sense-making and knowledge production endeavours in this field.
Author : George A. Boyne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 13,11 MB
Release : 1998-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230373097
This book evaluates the validity of a key proposition of public choice theory: that competition is associated with superior performance by governmental organisations. Three forms of competition in local government are identified: competition between local authorities, competition between councils and private contractors, and competition between parties for political power. The extent and consequences of competition are assessed in both the UK and USA. The analysis is used to draw conclusions on the effects of competition and the validity of public choice theory.
Author : Agustina Giraudy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 110849658X
Offers a groundbreaking analysis of the distinctive substantive, theoretical and methodological contributions of subnational research in the field of comparative politics.
Author : Eugenio Caperchione
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780792384991
In recent years there have been a number of significant reforms in local government accounting practices around the world. While the specific reasons for these changes vary, a common factor is the increasing need for governments to measure the efficacy and efficiency of their performance. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than at the local government level. This book aims to give a comparative international perspective on local government accounting innovations, and offers specific cases involving different economic, political and cultural conditions. Countries receiving extended treatment include Belgium, China, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, the essays offer a state-of-the-art take on these issues and identify key issues for future research.
Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030525163
This book addresses and explores recent trends in the field of local and urban governance. It focuses on three domains: institutional reforms in local government; inter-municipal cooperation; and citizen participation in local governance. In the last decades, in different regions of the world, there is ample evidence that sub-national government, in particular the field of local governance, is in a permanent state of change and reflux, although with differences that reflect national particularities. Since these institutional changes have an impact in the local policy process, in the delivery of public services, in the local democracy, and in the quality of life, it is mandatory to monitor these continued institutional changes, to learn and develop with these changes, if possible before these experiences are transferred and replicated in other countries. The editor and contributors address issues of interest for a wide audience, comprising of students and researchers in various disciplines, and policy makers at both national and sub-national tiers of government.
Author : Hubert Heinelt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 14,83 MB
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319674102
This book studies political leadership at the local level, based on data from a survey of the mayors of cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries carried out between 2014 and 2016. The book compares these results with those of a similar survey conducted ten years ago. From this comparative perspective, the book examines how to become a mayor in Europe today, the attitudes of these politicians towards administrative and territorial reforms, their notions of democracy, their political priorities, whether or not party politicization plays a role at the municipal level, and how mayors interact with other actors in the local political arena. This study addresses students, academics and practitioners concerned at different levels with the functioning and reforms of the municipal level of local government.
