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Redrawing Local Government Boundaries : An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774850940
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Redrawing Local Government BoundariesDDC classification:
  • 320.8
LOC classification:
  • JS78 -- .R46 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Redrawing Local Boundaries: Deriving the Principles for Politically Just Procedures -- 3 Goals for Municipal Restructuring Plans -- 4 Annexation Activity and Policy in the United States -- 5 Canadian Experiences of Local Government Boundary Reform: A Comparison of Quebec and Ontario -- 6 The Two Waves of Territorial Reform of Local Government in Germany -- 7 Changeless Boundaries Do Not Fix a Changing History: The Map of the Spanish Local Government -- 8 Changing Local Government Boundaries in Israel: The Paradox of Extreme Centralism versus Inability to Reform -- 9 Confusing Responses to Regional ConXicts: Restructuring Local Administrative Boundaries in Korea -- 10 Reorganizing Urban Space in Postreform China -- 11 Local Government Reorganization in South Africa -- 12 Conclusion: Changing Local Government Boundaries in Different Political- Ideological Environments -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Redrawing Local Boundaries: Deriving the Principles for Politically Just Procedures -- 3 Goals for Municipal Restructuring Plans -- 4 Annexation Activity and Policy in the United States -- 5 Canadian Experiences of Local Government Boundary Reform: A Comparison of Quebec and Ontario -- 6 The Two Waves of Territorial Reform of Local Government in Germany -- 7 Changeless Boundaries Do Not Fix a Changing History: The Map of the Spanish Local Government -- 8 Changing Local Government Boundaries in Israel: The Paradox of Extreme Centralism versus Inability to Reform -- 9 Confusing Responses to Regional ConXicts: Restructuring Local Administrative Boundaries in Korea -- 10 Reorganizing Urban Space in Postreform China -- 11 Local Government Reorganization in South Africa -- 12 Conclusion: Changing Local Government Boundaries in Different Political- Ideological Environments -- Contributors -- Index.

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.

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