The Dynamics Of Institutional Change : Local Government Reorganization In Western Democracies / eng. Edited by Bruno Dente and Francesco Kjellberg. - London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1988. - 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Sage modern politics series ; v. 19 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Bruno Dente and Francesco Kjellberg -- Decentralizing welfare states / Douglas E. Ashford -- Local government and the welfare state / Francesco Kjellberg -- Local government reforms and structural changes in public administration / Markku Kiviniemi -- Local government reorganization / L.J. Sharpe -- Radical reforms and marginal change / Yves Mény -- The political economy of local government reform in the United States / Thomas L. Anton -- Local government reform and legitimacy / Bruno Dente.

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