Local government in Europe : trends and development / edited by Richard Batley and Gerry Stoker ; foreword by Robin Hacking.

Other author Batley, Richard.
Other author Stoker, Gerry.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Descriptionxiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : trends in European local government / Gerry Stoker -- Western European local government in comparative perspective / Alan Norton - - Trends in local autonomy and democracy : reflections from a European perspective / Philip Blair -- The restructuring of local government in England and Wales / Peter John -- Customer-orientated service delivery in German local administration / Dieter Grunow -- Public goods and private operators in France / Dominique Lorrain -- Italian local services : the difficult road towards privatisation / Bruno Dente -- Experiences and experiments in Dutch local government / Hans A.G.M. Bekke -- The system of local government in Portugal / Armando Pereira -- Improving access to administration in Spain / Juan Ferrer Mateo -- Local government in Ireland / T.J. Barrington -- The changing local government and politics of Sweden / Agne Gustafsson -- Key issues in the local government debate in Denmark / Ove Nissen.
Contents (cont.) The 'free local government' experiment in Norway / Petter Lodden -- Comparisons and lessons / Richard Batley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 90021833
ISBN0312057369

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks JS3000.2.L63 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold