Local Government at the Millenium

Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Introduction....Pages 9-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
New Labour and Local Governance in Britain....Pages 27-44
Managing Democracy? Assessing some of the Outcomes of Australian Local Government Reform....Pages 45-61
Recent Democractic and Administrative Reforms in Germany’s Local Government: Persistence and Change....Pages 63-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
New Zealand’s Local Government: What of the Future?....Pages 93-110
Directly Elected Mayors — Democratic Renewal or Constitutional Confusion?....Pages 111-133
Democracy or Community? Australian Local Government Electoral Reform....Pages 135-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Local Government Finance in OECD Countries....Pages 153-167
A Paradigm Shift in Japan’s Inter-Governmental Relationships: Reform of Government and Decentralization of Central Power....Pages 169-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Local Government in North America: Localism and Community Governance....Pages 185-201
Subsidiarity at Work: Modes of Multi-Level Governance in European Countries....Pages 203-211
Back Matter....Pages 212-212