Directing the show? Business leaders, local partnership, and economic regeneration in Sheffield 1 – 17
I Strange
The delivery of planning policy in Great Britain: explaining the implementation gap. New evidence from a case study in rural England 19 – 36
A W Gilg, M P Kelly
The legitimacy of Norwegian local government: the impact of central government controls 37 – 51
R J Sørensen
Evaluating the role of regression methods in the determination of Standard Spending Assessments 53 – 72
R W Thomas, E S Warren
Planning for housing land in the English regions: a critique of household projections and Regional Planning Guidance mechanisms 73 – 87
M Baker, C Wong
When territorial political culture makes urban institution: the 'metropolitan city' of Bologna 89 – 111
B Jouve, C Lefèvre
Theme issue: Developments in public administrationin Central Europe
Guest editor: J Regulska
Decentralization and democracy in Eastern Europe: a sceptical approach 129 – 142
C G Pickvance
Between centralism and localism: on the development of local self-government in postsocialist Europe 143 – 159
I Elander
Decentralization in public administration and provision of services: an East - Central European view 161 – 175
T M Horváth
Local self-government in Central and Eastern Europe: decentralization or deconcentration? 177 – 186
K Zsamboki, M Bell
Decentralization or (re)centralization: struggle for political power in Poland 187 – 207
J Regulska
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Public administration reform: an incentive for local transformation? 209 – 218
M Grochowski
State control and the delivery of health care: a preliminary study in eleven European countries 219 – 228
G P Westert
Bad land and bad law: the role of local authorities in the formulation of new legislation and guidance for contaminated land in the United Kingdom 229 – 243
W Walton
The organising capacity of metropolitan region 253 – 272
L van den Berg, E Braun, J van der Meer
Training and Enterprise Councils as facilitators of a networked approach to local economic development: forms, mechanisms, and existing interpretations 273 – 284
R Huggins
The use of planning methodologies in local economic development decisionmaking 285 – 303
L A Reese
Environmental policy in Thailand: values, attitudes, and behavior among the slum dwellers of Bangkok 305 – 327
A G Daniere, L M Takahashi
Benefits and costs of regulating the environment: eight case studies 329 – 346
H Bonus, H Niebaum
Political power and corporate managerialism in local government: the organisation of executive functions 347 – 361
C Collinge
Ideology and privatization policy in Israel 363 – 372
M Harris, Y Katz, G Doron, A Woodlief
Theme issue: From regional administration to regional government
Guest editor: W Surazska
The invention of regions: political restructuring and territorial government in Western Europe 383 – 398
M Keating
Administrative systems and metropolitan regions 399 – 411
M Barlow
The EU and the regions: towards a three-tier system or new modes of regulation? 413 – 436
I Tömmel
Towards regional government in Central Europe: territorial restructuring of postcommunist regimes 437 – 462
W Surazska, J Bucek, L Malikova, P Danek
Institution building and decentralization in formerly socialist countries: the cases of Poland, Hungary, and East Germany 463 – 480
H Wollmann
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Evaluation and assessment of privatization outcomes: a conceptual model and empirical evidence 481 – 495
R Molz, T Hafsi
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