Publication Date:
2024-03-14
Description:
This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to examine the current roles of and future trends in local government structures and mechanisms in 16 different federal and federal-type countries. In doing so, this volume explores pressing topics such as the institutions of local government, constitutional recognition, financial management, intergovernmental relations, political culture, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the role of local government in federal systems. Contributors to this volume provide a timely and comprehensive account of the integral role local governments play in federal countries and offer fascinating perspectives on how these roles may change as individual federal systems evolve. These individual analyses are contextualized in a comparative perspective in order to gain a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities of various local government dynamics in different regions around the world. This is an open access book.
Keywords:
Local governance
;
Federalism
;
multilevel governance
;
comparative
;
decentralization
;
local government
;
countries
;
constitutions
;
municipalities
;
financial management
;
intergovernmental relations
;
metropolitan areas
;
Argentina
;
Australia
;
Austria
;
Brazil
;
Canada
;
Germany
;
India
;
Mexico
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPB Comparative politics
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bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
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bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance::KFFD Public finance
Language:
English
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