Abstract : A broad-ranging assessment of continuities and change in local governance in the western industrialized world providing in-depth assessments by leading experts of a wide range of countries exemplifying between them the whole spectrum of types and models of local government systems and networks. A central focus is on the impact of public management reforms, new forms of community governance and changes in central-local relations. (From the editor)
Patrick Le Galès, Olivier Borraz. France : the intermunicipal revolution. Bas Denters; Lawrence E Rose. Comparing local governance : trends and developments, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.12 - 28, 2005, 9780333995556. ⟨hal-02100010⟩