Global View on Local Government

In this www-site VALOGOS presents a sketch of global view on local government. As to this site in its present form, there is only a vague general overview and classification available. But keep in touch, more detailed descriptions will be added within a month or two.

Contents

  • Global Descriptions
  • Europe
    Nordic Countries
    Central Europe
    Southern Europe
    Eastern Europe and Russia
  • Anglo-American World
    United States of America
    Canada
    Australia and New Zeland
    South Africa
  • Latin America
  • East and South Asia
  • Western Asia, Middle East and North Africa
  • Black Africa

    • Global Descriptions

    Literature

  • Norton, Alan: International handbook of local and regional government. A comparative analysis of advanced democracies. Aldershot Edward Elgar 1994.
  • Local administration in the policy process. An international perspective. Volume editor Carmel Coyle. Greenwich (Conn.) Jai Press 1994.
  • Local government in liberal democracies. An introductory survey. Edited by J. A. Chandler. London Routledge 1993.
  • Humes, Samuel: Local governance and national power. A worldwide comparison of tradition and change in local government. New York Harvester Wheatsheaf 1991.
  • Keating, Michael: Comparative urban politics. Power and the city in the United States, Canada, Britain and France. Aldershot Elgar 1991.
  • Pickvance, Chris - Preteceille, Edmond (eds.): State Restructuring and Local Power. A Comparative Perspective. Pinter Publishers 1991.
  • Sakari, Jukka: American and German local governments, with emphasis on municipalities. A comparison between American and German local government structures, local government forms and ways of political participation in municipalities. Tampere 1993.
    Net sources
  • Cities, states and countries
  • World Wide Web servers or the summary of W3 servers
  • Local Governments on the Web
  • City.Net
  • Governments Worldwide by Global Network Navigator (GNN)
  • The International Local Government Home Page by Public Technology, Inc.
  • Local Government, (UB PAIRC), Buffalo

    Europe

    Literature

  • Local government in Europe. Trends and developments. Edited by Richard Batley and Gerry Stoker. Basingstoke Macmillan 1991.
  • Local government in the new Europe. Edited by Robert J. Bennett. Belhaven. London 1993.
  • Martin Harloff, Eileen: The structure of local government in Europe. Surveys of 29 countries.The Hague. International Union of Local Authorities 1987.
  • Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko: Eurooppalainen paikallisyhteisö ja itsehallinto. Tampereen yliopisto. Kunnallistieteiden laitos. Tampere 1992.
  • Mennola, Erkki: Euroopan todelliset vaikuttajat. Johdatus kuntien ja maakuntien Eurooppaan. VAPK-kustannus. Helsinki 1991.
    Net sources
  • Europe
  • Country maps from W3 servers in Europe
  • European Governments on the WWW by Gunnar Anzinger in cooperation with the EFF
  • The Virtual Tourist - Europe
  • City.Net
  • The Nordic Pages
  • Telecities

    Nordic Countries
    Scandinavian local government model

    Literature

  • Pohjoismaiden kunnallishallintoa 1990. Suomen kaupunkiliitto. Helsinki 1991.
  • Kunnallishallinto ja -vaalit Pohjoismaissa. Toimittanut Lasse Oulasvirta. Tampereen yliopisto. Tampere 1989.
  • Local government in the Nordic countries. Facts and figures. Kommuneforlaget. Oslo 1991.
    Net sources
  • The Nordic Pages
  • Swedish Government - municipalities
  • Information resource map of Finland + Facts about Finland
  • Virtual Finland
  • Local information services in Finland (by the City of Oulu)
  • Communalpost (The Association of Finnish Local Authorities, Suomen kuntaliitto)
  • Local Community Information Services (The Association of Finnish Local Authorities)

    Great Britain
    British model of local government

    Literature

  • Local government in the 1990s. Basingstoke Macmillan 1995.
  • Byrne, Tony: Local government in Britain. Everyone's guide to how it all works. Harmondsworth Penguin 1985.
    Net sources
  • Local Government Directory by alogic, United Kingdom
  • Local Government Sites (U.K.), Burn (Local Government in the UK)
  • Links to UK Local Government sites

    Central Europe
    German local government model (Federalist systems)

    Literature

  • Ryynänen, Aimo: Itävallan kunallishallinto. Suomen kuntaliitto. Helsinki 1995.
    Net sources
  • Information about Switzerland
  • German City-Area List

    Southern Europe
    French model of local government

    Literature

  • Le Gales, Patrick: Politique urbaine et developpement local. Une comparaison franco-britannique. Harmattan. Paris 1993.
    Net sources
  • ITALY
  • Le Web en France ... et dans le monde

    Eastern Europe and Russia
    Transitional societies (formerly sovjet model)

    Literature

  • Local government in Eastern Europe. Establishing democracy at the grassroots. Aldershot Elgar cop. 1995.
  • Aarrevaara, Timo: Kaikki valta on siellä jossakin. Tutkimus Tsernigovin ja Odessan kaupunkineuvostojen jäsenten tavoitteista, keinoista ja valtakäsityksistä. Tampere 1993.

    Anglo-American World
    American models for local government

    United States of America
    Literature

  • Ostrom, Vincent: Local government in the United States. Calif. Institute for Contemporary Studies. San Francisco 1988.
  • Wilson, James Q: American government. Institutions and policies. Lexington (Mass.) Heath 1989.
    Net sources
  • The USA CityLink Project
  • MUNEX Links to Local Government
  • Library of Congress Page on State and Local Government
  • U.S. State & Local Government by Global Network Navigator (GNN)
  • METROSCOPE by The Isotropic Media Group, Atlanta, USA
  • State and Local Government on the Net
  • MAGIC Online Information Backbone, Michigan Access to Government Information Center
  • KMIN, Kansas Municipal Information Network Web Site, maintained by the League of Kansas Municipalities and the Information Network of Kansas
  • Kennedy School Online Political Information Network
  • State and Local Government Resources by Public Integrity Research Corporation
  • MiX-NeT's Window To The Government
  • U.S. State and Local Government by Webcrawler
  • Metroscope

    Canada
    Literature

  • Tindal, C. R.: Local government in Canada. McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Toronto 1984.
    Net sources
  • CivicNet - British Columbia, Canada.
  • Canadian Municipal Sites by CPAC Online
  • Local Government Internet Resources by LGI, University of Victoria
  • Local Government Sites of Interest by Douglas Plamping & Associates

    Australia and New Zeland
    Literature

  • Serra, Ilkka: Australian paikallishallintojärjestelmä suomalaisen siirtolaisen näkökulmasta. Tampere 1978.
  • Bush, Graham W. A.: Local government and politics in New Zealand. Sydney Allen & Unwin 1980.
    Net sources
  • LGO, Local Government Online, Australia
  • Local Government Information Sources by National Library of Australia
  • Victoria - Local Government, Australia

    South Africa
    Net sources

  • Durban - Local Government, South Africa

    Latin America
    Latin American models of local government

    Literature

  • Nickson R. Andrew: Local government in Latin America. Boulder Lynne Rienner 1995.

    East and South Asia
    East Asian models (traditional models influenced by modern European and American models)

    Literature

  • Antlöv, Hans: Exemplary centre, administrative periphery. Rural leadership and the new order in Java. Richmond Curzon Press 1995.
  • Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko: Japanin paikallishallinto. Johdatus paikallishallinnon historiaan, instituutioihin ja sosio-kulttuuriseen taustaan. Tampereen yliopisto. Tampere 1991.
    Net sources
  • JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) - Useful Links
  • WWW Servers in Korea

    Western Asia, Near East and Northern Africa
    Traditional Arabic, Turkish and other Asian models of local government influenced especially by French model

    Literature

  • Local government in Turkey. Governing greater Istanbul. Edited by Metin Heper. Routledge. London 1989.
  • Al-Sabban, Aidros Abdullah Srour: The municipal system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A case study of Makkah. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International 1984.

    Black Africa (roughly equivalent to Bantu Africa and tropical Africa)
    Traditional community governance mixed with centralized models of local government

    Literature

  • Samoff, Joel: Tanzania. Local politics and the structure of power. Madison (Wis.) University of Wisconsin 1974.
  • Ola, Robert F.: Local administration in Nigeria. Kegan Paul International. London 1984.
  • Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko: Paikallis- ja aluehallinto Afrikassa. Tutkimus Afrikan paikallis- ja aluehallinnosta ja sen poliittis-historiallisen kontekstin keskeisistä piirteistä. Tampereen yliopisto. Tampere 1992.
    Net sources
  • African Governments on the WWW by Gunnar Anzinger in cooperation with the EFF
  • Africa

    Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
    Tampere 10.9.1996