Local Government at the Millenium

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-7

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Janice Caulfield, Helge O. Larsen

      Pages 9-23

3. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. New Labour and Local Governance in Britain

      • Gerry Stoker

      Pages 27-44

   3. Managing Democracy? Assessing some of the Outcomes of Australian Local Government Reform

      • Neil Marshall, Kevin Sproats

      Pages 45-61

   4. Recent Democractic and Administrative Reforms in Germany’s Local Government: Persistence and Change

      • Hellmut Wollmann

      Pages 63-89

4. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. New Zealand’s Local Government: What of the Future?

      • Jean Drage

      Pages 93-110

   3. Directly Elected Mayors — Democratic Renewal or Constitutional Confusion?

      • Helge O. Larsen

      Pages 111-133

   4. Democracy or Community? Australian Local Government Electoral Reform

      • Rosemary Kiss

      Pages 135-149

5. Part III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Local Government Finance in OECD Countries

      • Janice Caulfield

      Pages 153-167

   3. A Paradigm Shift in Japan’s Inter-Governmental Relationships: Reform of Government and Decentralization of Central Power

      • Akira Nakamura

      Pages 169-182

6. Part IV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Local Government in North America: Localism and Community Governance

      • Andrew Sancton

      Pages 185-201

   3. Subsidiarity at Work: Modes of Multi-Level Governance in European Countries

      • Harald Baldersheim

      Pages 203-211

7. Back Matter

   Pages 212-212

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When the editors of this volume met in Mannheim at the European Consor­ tium of Political Research Local Government Workshop in 1999, they dis­ cussed the possibility of a North-South meeting of minds to discuss some common experiences of local government reform. Further discussions with Harald Baldersheim, Chair of the International Political Science Associa­ tions' Research Sub Committee No. 5 suggested there was room for such a meeting within the ambit of IPSA activities and, indeed, for a subsequent publication to form part of aseries of local government studies. With the financial and logistical assistance of the New South Wales Lo­ cal Government and Shires Association based in Sydney Australia, a confer­ ence entitled "Local Government at the Millennium" was organised. The editors would like to thank the NSWLGSA for their assistance in bringing together the conference speakers some of whom are contributors to this vol­ urne. In addition, we each have to ray our own debt of thanks to specific in­ stitutions which provided support with financial assistance or making avail­ able a conducive work environment to bring this collection of papers together as a book. These are the University of New South Wales, the University of Glamorgan, and the University of Troms0. The editors would especially like to thank the Norwegian Ministry of Municipal and Regional Affairs, repre­ sented by Mrs. Christine Hjortland, for financial support for editorial meet­ ings, and Mr. Murray Kidnie, Secretary of the NSWLGSA for his early commitment to the project.

• Governance
• IPSA
• OECD
• democracy
• political science
• politics

• University of Glamorgan, UK

  Janice Caulfield

• School of Social Science and Policy, University of New South Wales, USA

  Janice Caulfield

• Department of Politics at Tromso University, Norway

  Helge O. Larsen

Janice Caulfield is a Research Fellow at the University of Glamorgan in the United Kingdom, previously in the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales. Helge O. Larsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at Tromso University, Norway.

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