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The political economy of local government / Leadership, reform, and market failure

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local financePublication details: Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c2001.Description: x, 252 p. : ill ; 24cmISBN:
  • 1840644516
  • 9781840644517
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.8 DOL
LOC classification:
  • HD87 .D65 2001
Summary: 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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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 320.8 POL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 31008100084728
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 320.8 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31008100073143
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 320.8 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 31008100073150
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN IBADAN BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks 320.8 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 31008100733738
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN LAGOS LAISON OFFICE LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 320.8 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available 31008100699897
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN LAGOS LAISON OFFICE LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 320.8 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008100700018
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN LAGOS LEARNING CENTRE LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 320.8 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008100716949

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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