Government for the future unification, fragmentation, and regionalism /

• Corporate Author: Institutet för framtidsstudier (Sweden)
• Other Authors: Andersson, ôke E., 1936-, Hårsman, Björn, Quigley, John M., 1942-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1997.
• Series: Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 238.
• Subjects: Central-local government relations > Congresses.; Decentralization in government > Congresses.; Federal government > Congresses.; Economic policy > Congresses.; Political Science > Government > State & Provincial.; Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics.; Political economy.; Public finance.

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, a...

Table of Contents:

• The future of government / John M. Quigley
• Intergovernmental relations, service provision and the delivery of health care in California / John M. Quigley
• The decentralization of the Belgian government / Lynn C. Todman
• The economic development and fiscal structure under a federal system : Malaysia's experience / Ismail Muhd Salleh
• Recent trends in British local government / Lynn C. Todman
• Regions and the collectivity : Swedish local government and lthe case of Stockholm / David E. Andersson
• Notes on the historical background of European government / Bjorn Harsman
• Singapore's central provident fund system : implications for saving, public housing, and social protection / Phang Sock Yong
• The public sector : European theoretical perspectives / Bjorn Harsman
• Fiscal federalism and economic development : a theoretical overview / John M. Quigley.