The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government by R... - 9780367659806

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The Routledge Handbook of International Local GovernmentAuthor(s): Richard Kerley, Joyce Liddle, Pamela T. Dunning\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367659806, 978-0367659806\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of International Local Government conducts a rigorous, innovative and distinctive analysis of local government within a comparative, international context. \n\nExamining 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 . \n\nThematically organised, it includes contri.