Reforming local government : consolidation, cooperation, or re-creation? / Joseph Drew.
Drew, Joseph (Writer on public policy and governance)
2020
JS78
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Title Reforming local government : consolidation, cooperation, or re-creation? / Joseph Drew.
Author Drew, Joseph (Writer on public policy and governance)
ISBN 9789811565038 (electronic book)
9811565031 (electronic book)
9811565023
9789811565021
Published Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 166 pages) : illustrations (some col.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-15-6
Call Number JS78
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.8
320.4
Summary This book is a bold prescription for local government reform that moves well beyond the old arguments regarding consolidations (also referred to as amalgamations) and co-operation (sometimes referred to as shared services) to paint a picture of an efficient, effective tier of government that strikes a balance between the right of persons to pursue their existential ends and the need to promote the common good. The book presents a system of local government that balances human dignity with the common good, restrains Leviathan, provides a voice for the disenfranchised (and even the disinterested), and delivers goods and services efficiently and effectively. Ironically, what is often argued to be the weakness of local government in many jurisdictions - the fact that it is merely a creature of statute - is also the best hope we have of making the oft cited rhetoric about how 'local government is the closest to the people that serves the people best become reality.
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Chapter 1. Why Reform Local Government?
Chapter 2. A Theory of Local Government
Chapter 3. Theory and Practice in Local Government Consolidations
Chapter 4. Designing and Selling Effective Local Government Consolidations
Chapter 5. Theory and Practice in Local Government Co-operative Production
Chapter 6. Designing and Selling Effective Local Government Co-operative Arrangements
Chapter 7. The Size and Shape of Local Government
Chapter 8. The Political Framework for Local Government
Chapter 9. The Remit of Local Government
Chapter 10. Own-source Financing of Local Government
Chapter 11. Inter-governmental Relations
Chapter 12: Selling Re-created Local Government.

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