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This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the significant processes of change characterizing local government systems and to place these in a genuinely comparative context. Students are introduced to the traditional structures and institutions of local government and shown how these have been transforming in response to increased economic and political competition, new ideas, institutional reform and the Europeanization of public policies in Europe. At the books core is the perceived transition from local government to local governance. This key development is traced thematically across a w
Local Government Systems in Western Europe
Local Government Systems in Western Europe
The preceding chapter outlined the main argument; this one elaborates the character of the old system of government so as to give some context to the reader and to act as a baseline for understanding the thematic changes that appear later on in the book. The first section of this chapter reviews the main classifications that scholars have applied to Western European local government systems. Of particular importance is the scheme developed by Page and Goldsmith (1987), which divides local government systems in Europe into those in the north and south. It ...
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