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Balancing the books : financial problems of local government in West Europe

Title
  1. Balancing the books : financial problems of local government in West Europe / Kenneth Newton.
Published by
  1. London ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage, 1980.
Author
  1. Newton, Kenneth, 1940-

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Additional authors
  1. European Consortium for Political Research.
Description
  1. vii, 218 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Local finance > Europe
  2. UE/CE Etats membres
  3. Finances locales
  4. Local finance
  5. Finanzverfassung
  6. Finanzwirtschaft
  7. Gebietskörperschaft
  8. Gemeinde
  9. Internationaler Vergleich
  10. Openbare financiën
  11. Lokale overheden
  12. Europe occidentale
  13. Europe
  14. Europa
Contents
  1. Introduction: the nature of the problem -- The local resource squeeze -- Increased service quantity -- New and improved services -- The increased cost of services -- Income and property taxes: problems of visibility, buoyancy and fairness -- Problems of inflexibility and political sensitivity -- Urbanization and the big city factor -- How to balance the books?
Note
  1. Includes index.
  2. "The basic research ... was carried out by a team organized through the European consortium for Political Research."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.