Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …

'Structural reform has been one of the most important, and yet one of the most neglected,
aspects of modern local government. This book represents the first attempt, since the early …

It is often assumed that citizens evaluate government based on service quality or outcomes
(such as safe neighbourhoods or good schools), but aspects of administrative process (such …

The Australian Independent Local Government Review Panel recently proposed
amalgamating the majority of New South Wales (NSW) local councils in the Greater Sydney …

Presenting a wealth of new empirical material, this book brings together international
experts to examine and compare the presence of women at this level and features case …

Recent scholarship in public administration has drawn attention to the proliferation of
transnational policy‐making processes and administrative practices. Although policy transfer …

Extensive international research surrounds the optimal size of local government and
associated issues of amalgamations and economies of scale in local government. Given …

Globally, local authorities are significant players in the provision of public services, and
increasingly there has been a strong impetus to improve local service delivery (Koprić et al …

Perspective as volume 2. This series is intended to serve as a comprehensive
guide/reference for policymakers, practitioners, policy analysts and interested researchers …

In Constitutional Principles of Local Self-Government in Europe Giovanni Boggero offers a
meticulous account of the defining features of European constitutional local government law …