The Dynamics of institutional change
Subtitle: local government reorganization in western democracies
By: edited by Bruno Dente and Francesco Kjellberg.
Contributors: Dente, Bruno.; Kjellberg, Francesco.
Series: Sage modern politics series ;; v. 19
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London; Newbury Park, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Local government.; Comparative government.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Bruno Dente and Francesco Kjellberg; title: Decentralizing welfare states / Douglas E. Ashford; title: Local government and the welfare state / Francesco Kjellberg; title: Local government reforms and structural changes in public administration / Markku Kiviniemi; title: Local government reorganization / L.J. Sharpe; title: Radical reforms and marginal change / Yves Mény; title: The political economy of local government reform in the United States / Thomas L. Anton; title: Local government reform and legitimacy / Bruno Dente.