The political economy of local government

Brian E. Dollery, and Joe L. Wallis

"The Political Economy of Local Government" draws upon recent developments in economics, including new institutional economics, and contemporary advances in the theories of social capital and leadership, in order to explain local government policy formulation. The authors also examine rival minimalist and activist approaches to local government reform, against the background of paradigmatic changes in public management and shifting styles of policy leadership. This book offers a fresh and readily accessible perspective on the political economy of local government policy making.

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[目次]

  • Part 1 Introduction: the meaning of economic efficiency
  • plan of the book. Part 2 Market failure and local government: fiscal federalism and the functions of local government
  • market failure and the functions of local government
  • criticisms of the market failure paradigm
  • concluding remarks. Part 3 Government failure and local government: alternative models of government
  • public choice theory
  • the susceptibility of local government to government failure
  • concluding remarks. Part 4 The empirical measurement of local government efficiency: the nature of local government performance measurement
  • the theory of microeconomic efficiency measurement
  • review of efficiency measurement techniques
  • measuring efficiency in local services
  • determinants of local public sector efficiency. Part 5 New institutional economics and alternative mechanisms of local governance: new institutional economics and alternative forms of governance
  • the capacity of local authorities to supply local governance
  • conclusion
  • appendix - social capital and local government. Part 6 The political economy of local government reform: the demand and supply of strong leadership
  • restructuring and minimalist initiatives under strong policy leadership
  • empathetic policy leadership and a more activist approach to local government reform
  • conclusion. Part 7 A case study of local government reform in New Zealand: the New Zealand model of strategic reform
  • overcoming resistance to the radical reform of local government
  • the quest for greater accountability through local government reform
  • the minimalist-activist debate about the comparative institutional advantage of local government
  • conclusion. Part 8 Conclusion: what contribution can economics make to local government policy making?
  • the political economy of local government reform
  • the role of economists in the policy process.

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書名 The political economy of local government
著作者等 Dollery, Brian
Wallis, Joe
Wallis John Joseph
Dollery B.E.
シリーズ名 Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
出版元 E. Elgar
刊行年月 c2001
版表示 illustrated ed
ページ数 x, 252 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 1840644516
NCID BA53206052
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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