Intergovernmental relations as central control policies: the case of Italian local finance 383 – 402
B Dente
The budgetary behavior of local governments and intergovernmental grant policies: a case study for Japan 403 – 416
Hiromitsu Ishi
Expectations-achievement and overthrows: an empirical test of the relative deprivation hypothesis 417 – 426
D N Laband
The relationship of social science to policy: the case of the President's Crime Commission 427 – 438
W F Bengston
The role of intergovernmental grants for environmental problems 439 – 450
K Hagihara
The integration of policies of fiscal equalization and regional policies: theory and European examples 451 – 462
H Zimmermann
Political party control and the sale of local authority dwellings 1974 – 1983 463 – 474
K Hoggart
Reviews 475 – 484
Indexes 485
