Comparing local governance :  trends and developments / 
editado por Bas Denters e Lawrence E. Rose. -- 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2005. 
 - 293 p. :  il. 
 - Government beyond the centre .
<br/><br/> 1. Local governance in the third millennium: a brave new world? - Bas Denters and Lawrence. E. Rose.   - 2. France: the intermunicipal revolution - Olivier Borraz and Patrick Le Galès.  - 3. Italy: after the storm - Luigi Bobbio.   - 4. Belgium: the changing world of belgian municipalities - Yves Plees.   - 5.The Netherlands: in search of responsiveness - Bas Denters and Pieter-Jan Klok.   - 6.The Nordic Countries: still the 'promised land'? - Lawrence E. Rose and Krister Stahlberg.   - 7. Poland: a time of transition - Pawel Swianiewicz.   - 8. Germany: a new type of local government? Oscar W. Gabriel and Susanne Eisenmann.   - 9. Switzerland: reforming small autonomous municipalities - Andreas Ladner.   - 10. The United Kingdom: an increasingly differentiated polity? David Wilson.   - 11. New Zealand: a quantum leap forward? - Graham W.A. Bush.   - 12. Australia: still a tale of cinderella? - Chris Aulich.   - 13. The United States: executive-centred politics - Hank V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel.  - 14. A new intergovernmentalism? - Mike Goldsmith.  - 15. Towards local governance? Bas Denters and Lawrence E. Rose. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0333995562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administração Regional<br/>Estudo de Caso<br/>Governança<br/>Administração Municipal