Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition explores the impacts that the end of the Cold War and increased globalization have had on government around the world. The decentralization of national governments has led to a greater role for local governments; public administration and democrative representation are the new arena of local governments the world over. Focusing not only on countries from the former Soviet Union, but also on Israel, China, South Africa, and Egypt, the contributors to this volume present a truly global investigation of countries experiencing governmental transformation.

Contributions by: Hakim Aissaoui, Robert Cameron, Janice Caulfield, Terry N. Clark, Gideon Doron, Maha El-Taji, Vladimir Gel'man, Anna Hazan, Zsuzsanna Eva Katona, Rassem Khamaisi, Tomas Kostelecky, Petra Kovacs, Tamir Moustafa, Boris A. Portnov, Eran Razin, Asher Vaturi, Sandra Wells, Jerzy Wiatr, Hellmut Wollman