Mit Beiträgen von: Angelika Vetter/Norbert Kersting, Harald Baldersheim, Helen Sullivan, Bas Denters/Pieter-Jan Klok, Hellmut Wollmann, Werner Pleschberger, Daniel Kübler/Andreas Ladner, Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, Annick Magnier, Carlos Alba/Carmen Navarro, Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas, Gábor Soós, Michal Illner, Pawel Swianiewicz, Edvins Vanags/Inga Vilka

Nearly all Western and Central European local government systems have been reformed since the 1990's. Taking into account variations in historical and national context, the book looks for different ways of local government reform, their emphases and their divergent trajectories.