The Political Economy of Local Government: Leadership, Reform, and Market Failure - Couverture rigide

Dollery, Brian E.; Wallis, Joe L.

 
9781840644517: The Political Economy of Local Government: Leadership, Reform, and Market Failure
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1840644516 ISBN 13 : 9781840644517
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

In recent decades, local government has become increasingly complex. 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 go beyond the study of local public goods to explore the sources of market failure and examine whether local authorities are more susceptible to certain types of government failure. In addition, a transaction cost analysis of markets, hierarchies and networks is applied to ascertain the comparative institutional advantage local authorities might have in the supply of local governance. The book also considers the extent of the influence that these recent advances in the theories of social capital and leadership have on the process and implementation of local government policy.

This book offers a fresh and readily accessible perspective on the political economy of local government policy making, and will be of particular interest to students and practitioners of economics, political science, public administration, policy studies and local government.

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À propos de l'auteur

Brian E. Dollery, Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Local Government, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia and Joe L. Wallis, Professor of Economics and Public Administration, School of Business and Management, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1840644516
ISBN 13 
9781840644517
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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