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This chapter analyzes within a public choice framework the current and ongoing reforms of local government described in the preceding chapters. The analysis pulls together, within a more general analytical framework, many of the theoretical propositions developed in earlier chapters relating to the behaviour of service users and providers and the financing mechanisms for local government services. It will become apparent that, in combination, those propositions create a strong theoretical base upon which to analyse the recent and ongoing reforms of local government in many countries. Note that, while many of the general reforms being introduced in different countries can be legitimized in theoretical terms, this does not mean that reforms were introduced as a direct result of public choice theory.
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Bailey, S.J. (1999). Public Choice Theory and Local Government Reform. In: Local Government Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27415-4_12
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