Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition: A Global Perspective: Hakim Aissaoui: Lexington Books

Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition

A Global Perspective

Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition

A Global Perspective

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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. The decentralization of national governments has led to a greater role for local governments; public administration and democrative representation are the new arena of local governments the world over. Focusing not only on countries from the former Soviet Union, but also on Israel, China, South Africa, and Egypt, the contributors to this volume present a truly global investigation of countries experiencing governmental transformation.

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

Product details

Published	May 21 2008
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	348
ISBN	9780739115725
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Fred A. Lazin

Anthology Editor

Matt Evans

Anthology Editor

Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot

Anthology Editor

Hellmut Wollmann

Contributor

Hakim Aissaoui

Contributor

Robert Cameron

Contributor

Janice Caulfield

Contributor

Terry N. Clark

Contributor

Gideon Doron

Contributor

Maha El-Taji

Contributor

Vladimir Gel'man

Contributor

Anna Hazan

Contributor

Zsuzsanna Eva Katona

Contributor

Rassem Khamaisi

Contributor

Tomas Kostelecky

Contributor

Petra Kovacs

Contributor

Tamir Moustafa

Contributor

Boris A. Portnov

Contributor

Eran Razin

Contributor

Asher Vaturi

Contributor

Sandra Wells

Contributor

Jerzy Wiatr

Contributor

Hellmut Wollman

This is an awesome collection of new thinking on neglected issues and provides a platform for future dialogue on how local political structures are indispensable for sustaining democracy. We are all wondering what works in keeping the hard won freedoms that new states seem to be in danger of losing almost from the moment of achieving them, and this remarkable volume will be necessary reading not only for scholars but for anyone with an interest in the decentralization of liberty.

Paul Rich, President, Policy Studies Organization