Size of Municipalities, Efficiency, and Citizen Participation: A Cross-European Perspective

1 December 1995

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Vol. 13 (4) , 441-458
https://doi.org/10.1068/c130441

Abstract

Municipalities in Europe vary enormously in size both between and within individual countries. There is no conclusive evidence, however, that these differences have a significant impact on the efficiency of local public service provision or on the levels of citizen participation in local public life. In this paper it is suggested that flexible and problem-oriented legislative, institutional, and managerial innovation provide meaningful alternatives to local government boundary reform.

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This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The Assignment of Functions to Decentralized Government: From Theory to Practice
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1992
Local Government in Europe
Published by Bloomsbury Academic ,1991