Comparing local governance: trends and developments

Preface. - Local Governance in the Third Millennium: A Brave New World? B.Denters & L.E.Rose. - France: The Intermunicipal Revolution O.Borraz & P.Le Gales. - Italy: After the Storm L.Bobbio. - Belgium: The Changing World of Belgian Municipalities Y.Plees. - The Netherlands: In Search of Responsiveness B.Denters & P.J.Klok. - The Nordic Countries: Still the 'Promised Land'? L.E.Rose & K.Stahlberg. - Poland: A Time of Transition P.Swianiewicz. - Germany: A New Type of Local Government O.W.Gabriel & S.Eisenmann. - Switzerland: Reforming Small Autonomous Municipalities A.Ladner. - The United Kingdom: An Increasingly Differentiated Polity? D.Wilson.- New Zealand: A Quantum Leap Forward? G.Bush.- Australia: Still a Tale of Cinderella? C.Aulich. - The United States: Executive Centred Politics H.V.Savitch & R.K.Vogel. - A New Intergovernmentalism? M.Goldsmith.- Toward Community Governance? B Denters & L.E.Rose.