This paper is about the role of local democracy and governance to achieve the sustainable
development goals (SDGs). Increased reliance on locally generated revenue, difficulties in …

We examine the relationship between a range of new public management (NPM) practices
and citizens' perceptions of service efficiency, responsiveness, equity and effectiveness in …

Purpose Measurement practices have long been considered vital for informing the
management of performance in organisations. Their application to local governments is a …

Controversy surrounds structural reform in local government, especially efforts aimed at
involuntarily reducing the number of local authorities to secure scale economies. We …

In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the
world have vertical government structures that are perceived as inefficient because of their …

The Australian Independent Local Government Review Panel recently proposed
amalgamating the majority of New South Wales (NSW) local councils in the Greater Sydney …

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of territorial change on the
municipal level across all European countries. Taking a thematic and comparative …

In recent decades, the belief that larger municipalities can better capture economies of scale
led to compulsory amalgamations in several countries. This article examines such a …

Perspective as volume 2. This series is intended to serve as a comprehensive
guide/reference for policymakers, practitioners, policy analysts and interested researchers …

Proponents of the vertical consolidation of lower-tier units into a smaller number of single-
tier local governments suggest that it improves the financial sustainability of governments by …