000			02095cam a22003014a 4500
008			010305s2001 maua b 001 0 eng
020			_a1840644516
020			_a9781840644517
040			_aDLC _cDLC
050	0	0	_aHD87 _b.D65 2001
082	0	0	_a320.8 _bDOL
100	1		_aDollery, Brian
245	1	4	_aThe political economy of local government / _bLeadership, reform, and market failure
260			_aNorthampton, MA : _bEdward Elgar Pub., _cc2001.
300			_ax, 252 p. : ill ; 24cm
440		0	_aStudies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn 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.
590			_aoif 20/07/16
591			_aLoans
650		0	_aEconomic policy
650		0	_aPolitical planning
650		0	_aPolicy sciences
650		0	_aLocal government
700	1		_aWallis, Joe
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
949			_a320.8 DOL
999			_c4005 _d4005