Perspectives of Local Government Amalgamations in a Transition Society: the Case of Estonia

This article analyses the general institutional preconditions and restraints of a successful local government amalgamation policy in Estonia from a Central and Eastern European perspective. We start by re-examining and re-synthesising the dynamics of capacity-scale problems during the post-communist...

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Main Authors: Kersten Kattai, Leif Kalev, Georg Sootla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tallinn University 2009-11-01
Series:Studies of Transition States and Societies
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Online Access:http://htk.tlu.ee/stss/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/STSS_sootla_et_al.pdf