ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government conducts a rigorous, innovative and distinctive analysis of local government within a comparative, international context.
Examining the subject matter with unrivalled breadth and depth, this handbook shows how different cultures and countries develop different institutions, structures and processes over time, yet that all have some features in common – the most obvious of which is the recognition that some decisions are better made, some services better delivered, and some engagement with the state better organised if there is structured organisational expression of the importance of the local dimension of all these factors .
Thematically organised, it includes contributions from international experts with reference to the wider context in terms of geographies, local government modes, recent developments and possible further lines of research. It has a wide academic appeal internationally and will steer a course between the two dimensions of mono-jurisdictional studies and ‘cataloguing’ forms of comparison.
The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government will be essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research on local government.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|86 pages
Elected roles and governance
chapter 6|12 pages
The relationship between politics and administration
chapter 7|15 pages
Institutionalized differences in economic development perspectives
part II|84 pages
Local governments in different jurisdictions
chapter 11|14 pages
A turbulent past, a turbulent future?
part III|80 pages
Range of local government services
chapter 14|15 pages
Public entrepreneurship
chapter 17|14 pages
The provision of public and personal social services in European countries
part IV|100 pages
Citizen engagement
chapter 18|17 pages
Practices and challenges of citizen participation in local government
chapter 22|19 pages
Improving social development in Brazil through an open budget perspective
part V|72 pages
Multi-level governance
chapter 25|17 pages
Local government outside local boundaries
chapter 27|13 pages
Second thoughts on second-order?
chapter 28|15 pages
The architecture of the local political community
part VI|85 pages
Getting and spending