Comparing local governance : trends and developments / edited by Bas Denters and Lawrence E. Rose.
| Other author | Denters, S. A. H. |
| Other author | Rose, Lawrence E., 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. |
| Description | xiv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Government beyond the centre Government beyond the centre. ^A442499 |
| Contents | Local governance in the third millennium : a brave new world? / Bas Denters and Lawrence E. Rose -- France : the intermunicipal revolution / Olivier Borraz and Patrick Le Galès -- Italy : after the storm / Luigi Bobbio -- Belgium : the changing world of Belgian municipalities / Yves Plees -- The Netherlands : in search of responsiveness / Bas Denters and Pieter-Jan Klok -- The Nordic countries : still the 'promised land'? / Lawrence E. Rose and Krister Ståhlberg -- Poland : a time of transition / Paweł Swianiewicz -- Germany : a new type of local government? / Oscar W. Gabriel and Susanne Eisenmann -- Switzerland : reforming small autonomous municipalities / Andreas Ladner -- The United Kingdom : an increasingly differentiated polity? / David Wilson -- New Zealand : a quantum leap forward? / Graham W.A. Bush -- Australia : still a tale of Cinderella? / Chris Aulich -- The United States : executive-centred politics / Hank V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel -- A new intergovernmentalism? / Mike Goldsmith -- Towards local governance? / Bas Denters and Lawrence E. Rose. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004054824 |
| ISBN | 0333995554 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0333995562 (pbk.) |