Government for the future : unification, fragmentation, and regionalism
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Bibliographic Information
Government for the future : unification, fragmentation, and regionalism
(Contributions to economic analysis, 238)
Elsevier, 1997
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Papers from a series of conferences held since 1991, organized by the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The aim of this volume is to encourage comparative explorations of the links between economic regionalism and government behaviour. At present, the relation between government and the economy is in a state of flux. In the old "developed" world, supranational organizations such as the EU and the WTO, are exerting more influence over economic life. Simultaneously, regional governments have emerged to provide public services to local populations. In some European countries, economic decision making is no longer in the power of the nation state, but has been transferred to international and local organizations. The papers in this volume have been contributed by a broad range of policy makers, journalists, and academics. Theories of the public sector are reviewed, restructured and extended, in order to cover the new spatial and dynamic situation. The volume provides historical and institutional perspectives on the public sector, and presents empirical case studies of the public sectors in Sweden, USA, Belgium, Malaysia, England and Singapore.
Table of Contents
The future of government (A.E. Andersson, B. Harsman, J.M. Quigley). Notes on the historical background of European government (A.E. Andersson, B Harsman). The public sector - European theoretical perspectives (A.E. Andersson, B. Harsman). Fiscal federalism and economic development - a theoretical overview (J.M. Quigley). Intergovernmental relations, service provision and the delivery of health care in California (J. Musso, J.M. Quigley). The decentralization of the Belgian government (L.C. Todman). The economic development and fiscal structure under a federal system: Malaysia's experience (I.M.M. Salleh). Recent trends in British local government (L.C. Todman). Regions and the collectivity: Swedish local government and the case of Stockholm (D. Andersson). Singapore's central provident fund system: Implications for saving, public housing, and social protection (M. Asher, P.S. Yong). Index of subjects. Index of authors.
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