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Klappentext This volume encourages comparative explorations of the links between economic regionalism and government behaviour. Theories of the public sector are reviewed, restructured and extended, and historical and institutional perspectives on the public sector examined in empirical case studies from Sweden, USA, Belgium, Malaysia, England and Singapore. Zusammenfassung This volume encourages comparative explorations of the links between economic regionalism and government behaviour. Theories of the public sector are reviewed! restructured and extended! and historical and institutional perspectives on the public sector examined in empirical case studies from Sweden! USA! Belgium! Malaysia! England and Singapore. Inhaltsverzeichnis The future of government (A.E. Andersson! B. Harsman! J.M. Quigley). Notes on the historical background of European government (A.E. Andersson! B Harsman). The public sector - European theoretical perspectives (A.E. Andersson! B. Harsman). Fiscal federalism and economic development - a theoretical overview (J.M. Quigley). Intergovernmental relations! service provision and the delivery of health care in California (J. Musso! J.M. Quigley). The decentralization of the Belgian government (L.C. Todman). The economic development and fiscal structure under a federal system: Malaysia's experience (I.M.M. Salleh). Recent trends in British local government (L.C. Todman). Regions and the collectivity: Swedish local government and the case of Stockholm (D. Andersson). Singapore's central provident fund system: Implications for saving! public housing! and social protection (M. Asher! P.S. Yong). Index of subjects. Index of authors.
