Commonwealth of Australia

Sansom, GC

Commonwealth of Australia

Sansom, GC

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Publisher:: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: A Global Dialogue on Federalism, 2009, First, pp. 7 - 36
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sansom, GC	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Nico Steytler	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	A Global Dialogue on Federalism, 2009, First, pp. 7 - 36	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-7735-3563-3	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12509
dc.description.abstract	The volume provides an overview of the role and function of local governments in federal systems, how this has changed over fifty years, and how state power in federal systems is exercised. Professor Sansom's chapter "Commonwealth of Australia" covers the following themes concerning Australian local government: Country overview; History, structures, and institutions of local government; Consitutional recognition of local government; Powers, functions and governance (inc. Metropolitan regions); Financing local government; Supervision of local government; Intergovernmental relations (inc. Local-federal relations; Local-state relations; Organized local government); Political culture of local governance; and, Emerging issues and trends.	en_US
dc.publisher	McGill-Queen's University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	A Global Dialogue on Federalism	en_US
dc.title	Commonwealth of Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

The volume provides an overview of the role and function of local governments in federal systems, how this has changed over fifty years, and how state power in federal systems is exercised. Professor Sansom's chapter "Commonwealth of Australia" covers the following themes concerning Australian local government: Country overview; History, structures, and institutions of local government; Consitutional recognition of local government; Powers, functions and governance (inc. Metropolitan regions); Financing local government; Supervision of local government; Intergovernmental relations (inc. Local-federal relations; Local-state relations; Organized local government); Political culture of local governance; and, Emerging issues and trends.

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