Redrawing Local Government Boundaries

Offers a broad theoretical understanding of local government boundary reform and informs the wider scholarly discussion and debate regarding institutional change, state structures, and the areal jurisdiction of local governments.

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Acknowledgments

1. Introduction / John Meligrana
2. Redrawing Local Boundaries: Deriving the Principles forPolitically Just Procedures / Ronan Paddison
3. Goals for Municipal Restructuring Plans / AndrejsSkaburskis
4. Annexation Activity and Policy in the United States / GregLindsey
5. Canadian Experiences of Local Government Boundary Reform: AComparison of Quebec and Ontario / Raphaë l Fischler, JohnMeligrana, and Jeanne M. Wolfe
6. The Two Waves of Territorial Reform of Local Government inGermany / Hellmut Wollmann
7. Changeless Boundaries do not fix a Changing History: The Map ofthe Spanish Local Government / Abel Albet i Mas
8. Changing Local Government Boundaries in Israel: The Paradox ofExtreme Centralism versus Inability to Reform / Eran Razin
9. Confusing Responses to Regional Conflicts: Restructuring LocalAdministrative Boundaries in Korea / Dong-Ho Shin
10. Reorganizing Urban Space in Post-Reform China / JianfaShen
11. Local Government Reorganization in South Africa / RobertCameron
12. Conclusion: Changing Local Government Boundaries in DifferentPolitical-Ideological Environments / John Meligrana and ErinRazin

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