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Size of Municipalities, Efficiency, and Citizen Participation: A Cross-European Perspective

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  • M R Martins

    (Department of Environment and Local Authorities, Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France)

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Municipalities in Europe vary enormously in size both between and within individual countries. There is no conclusive evidence, however, that these differences have a significant impact on the efficiency of local public service provision or on the levels of citizen participation in local public life. In this paper it is suggested that flexible and problem-oriented legislative, institutional, and managerial innovation provide meaningful alternatives to local government boundary reform.

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  • M R Martins, 1995. "Size of Municipalities, Efficiency, and Citizen Participation: A Cross-European Perspective," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 13(4), pages 441-458, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:13:y:1995:i:4:p:441-458
    DOI: 10.1068/c130441
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    1. Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta & Stefano Ghinoi & Francesco Silvestri, 2017. "Municipal performance in waste recycling: an empirical analysis based on data from the Lombardy region (Italy)," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 337-352, October.
    2. Soukopová, Jana & Vaceková, Gabriela & Klimovský, Daniel, 2017. "Local waste management in the Czech Republic: Limits and merits of public-private partnership and contracting out," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 201-209.

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