Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index.
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 Gales -- Italy : after the storm / Luigi Bobbio -- Belgium : the changing world of Belgian municipalities / Yves Plees -- Netherlands : in search of responsiveness / Bas Denters and Pieter-Jan Klok -- Nordic countries : still the 'promised land'? / Lawrence E. Rose and Krister Stahlberg -- Poland : a time of transition / Pawel Swianiewicz -- Germany : a new type of local government? / Oscar W. Gabriel and Susanne Eisenmann -- Switzerland : reforming small autonomous municipalities / Andreas Ladner -- 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 -- United States : executive-centred politics / Hank V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel -- New intergovernmentalism? / Mike Goldsmith -- Towards local governance? / Bas Denters and Lawrence E. Rose.
