Local Government in Europe: Trends And Developments

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Trends in European Local Government....Pages 1-20
Western European Local Government in Comparative Perspective....Pages 21-40
Trends in Local Autonomy and Democracy: Reflections from a European Perspective....Pages 41-57
The Restructuring of Local Government in England and Wales....Pages 58-72
Customer-Orientated Service Delivery in German Local Administration....Pages 73-88
Public Goods and Private Operators in France....Pages 89-109
Italian Local Services: The Difficult Road Towards Privatisation....Pages 110-122
Experiences and Experiments in Dutch Local Government....Pages 123-133
The System of Local Government in Portugal....Pages 134-145
Improving Access to Administration in Spain....Pages 146-154
Local Government in Ireland....Pages 155-169
The Changing Local Government and Politics of Sweden....Pages 170-189
Key Issues in the Local Government Debate in Denmark....Pages 190-197
The ‘Free Local Government’ Experiment in Norway....Pages 198-209
Comparisons and Lessons....Pages 210-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-239