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Local Government Finance: International Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Local Government Finance International Perspectives

Edited By Ronan Paddison, Stephen Bailey Copyright 1988
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge
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During recent years the financing of local government has become a key issue in developed countries. This book, originally published in 1988 looks at attempts to reform local finance in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, France, Norway, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland. Case studies of attempts to bolster or reform local government finance cover a wide range of leading industrialised... Read more

1.Introduction 2. Fiscal Federalism David N. King 3. Fiscal Crisis and Stress: Origins and Implications Kieron Walsh 4. Local Taxing and Local Spending: International Comparisons Terence Karran 5. Sources of Local Finance in the United States Desmond King 6. Municipal Finances in Canada: Issues of Local Finance and the Case for User Charges Douglas J. McReady 7. Federalism and the Bolstering of Australian Local Government Finance Ronan Paddison 8. Local Government Reform and Finance in France Michael Keating 9. Financial Development in Norwegian Local Government Tore Hansen 10. Local Government Finance in Sweden – Present Status and Recent Trends Ernst Jonsson.

Biography

Stephen Bailey is Emeritus Professor of public sector economics at Glasgow Caledonian University. 

Ronan Paddison (1945-2019) was closely associated with the journal Urban Studies and instrumental in establishing the Urban Studies Foundation. He was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Space and Polity. 

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