Consolidation or fragmentation? : the size of local governments in Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Pawel Swianiewicz. - xviii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - LGI books .



1. Size of Local Governments: International Context and Theoretical Framework -- 2. Size of Local Governments, Local Democracy and Local Service Delivery in Hungary -- 3. Seperate Existence Above All Else - Local Self-Governments and Service Delivery in Slovakia -- 4. Does Larger Mean More Effective? -- 5. Economies and Diseconomies of Scale in Polish Local Governments -- 6. Is There a Third Road Between Small yet Ineffective and Big yet Less Democratic?

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Local government--Europe, Central
Local government--Europe, Eastern


Europe, Central--Politics and government--1989-
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-

JS3000.7 / .C66 2002