New Challenges in Local and Regional Administration

Contents: Part I: Democratization: Local and national democracy: lessons from the 'third wave' of democratization, Brian Smith; Territorial reform of central-regional-local government relations: the implications for local economic development agencies in England, Robert J. Bennett; Municipal boundary change procedures: local democracy versus central control, Eran Razin and Greg Lindsey. Part II: Flexibilization: Multipurpose government and flexibility: an appraisal, Petr Dostál; Public-private partnerships and urban governance: towards a new concept of local government?, Carlos Nuñes Silva; Switzerland and the challenge of European integration, Wolf Linder; Flexibility in local public administration: responses to size and ethnic structure of communes in Slovakia, Ján Bucek. Part III: Restructuring in Transitional and Emerging States: Administrative territorial reform in Latvia: reasons, goals and strategy, Raita Karnite; Hometown associations and flexible governance in Nigeria, Rex Honey; Democratic institution building in the context of a liberation war: the example of Western Sahara and Polisario Front, Elisabeth Bäschlin; Challenges for restructuring of local government in a transition period: Palestine, Rassem Khamaisi; Index.