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John Meligrana (Ed.) - Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions - 9780774809337 - V9780774809337
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Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions

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Description for Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions Hardback. Offers a broad theoretical understanding of local government boundary reform and informs the wider scholarly discussion and debate regarding institutional change, state structures, and the areal jurisdiction of local governments. Editor(s): Meligrana, John. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DSE; 1FBH; 1FPC; 1FPK; 1HFMS; 1KBB; 1KBC; JPR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.

Local governments today are under extreme pressure to undertakeboundary reform. The global trend toward urbanization has brought withit economic, environmental, social, and regional demands that havesevere implications for local governments and their territories. As aresult, changing the areal jurisdiction of this most basic level ofgovernment has become a persistent and pressing challenge around theglobe.

This collection examines the legal and regulatory proceduresinvolved in such municipal restructuring. Case studies from eightnations -- the United States, Canada, Spain, Germany, Israel, Korea,China, and South Africa -- investigate how and why local governmentshave been enlarged in scope and reduced in number within each country.Four ... Read more

Redrawing Local Government Boundaries offers a broadtheoretical understanding of local government boundary reform andinforms the wider scholarly discussion about institutional change,state structures, and the areal jurisdiction of local governments. Thefirst international comparative study of local boundary reform, it willbe a valuable reference for scholars and students of political science,public administration, geography, urban studies, and urbanplanning.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774809337
SKU
V9780774809337
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About John Meligrana (Ed.)
John Meligrana is an assistant professor in the Schoolof Urban and Regional Planning at Queen’s University.

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