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Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition explores the impacts that the end of the Cold War and increased globalization have had on government around the world.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 General Survey
Chapter 3 Changes, Ruptures, and Continuities in European Local Government Systems: Between Government and Governance
Chapter 4 Transforming Political Systems and Political Culture: What Works? Lessons from Bogota and Cities around the Globe
Chapter 5 Local Goods as Public Goods: A Nonpolitical Approach to the Production and Delivery of Municipal Goods and Services
Part 6 Post-Socialist Countries
Chapter 7 The Politics of Local Government Reform in Russia: From Decentralization to Recentralization
Chapter 8 Local Leadership in Post-Communist States: Poland in a Comparative Perspective
Chapter 9 Reform of Local and Regional Governments in Poland: Does the European Union Matter?
Chapter 10 Political Parties and their Role in Local Politics in the Post-Communist Czech Republic
Chapter 11 Reforming Public Administration: Romania's Winding Road to Europe
Chapter 12 Local Public Policies and the Access of Minorities to Public Services: Experience from Central and Eastern Europe
Part 13 Israel
Chapter 14 Local Government Amalgamation in Israel: Towards the Modernization of Local Government?
Chapter 15 Pluralism and Governance: Electoral Politics in Local Government in Israel
Chapter 16 Internal Migration and Local Authorities in Israel: Tiebout's Model Revisited
Chapter 17 Between Traditionalism and Modernity: Ruling Local Government in Arab Localities in Israel
Chapter 18 Arab Local Councils in Israel: The Democratic State and the Hamula
Part 19 Countries in Transition
Chapter 20 Local Government Reform in China: A Rational Actor Perspective
Chapter 21 The Political Obstacles to Local Government Reform in Egypt
Chapter 22 South African Local Government: The Limits of Institutional Reform
About the author
Fred A. Lazin is professor emeritus at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Summary
Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition explores the impacts that the end of the Cold War and increased globalization have had on government around the world.
