Local governments in a global context / Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Bonnie Pacala Brereton, editors. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contextual overview / Peerasit Kamnuansilpa -- Thailand's decentralization: global forces and local conditions / Gayl D. Ness -- Decentralization-in theory and practice / James K. Scott -- Developing local government capacity -- Values, coalition modification, and regime replacement in local governance / Charles L. Sampson -- Fiscal inequality and grant allocation: provincial analysis of Thailand's local government finance / Direk Patmasiriwat -- Jurisdictional spillovers and decentralized local governments / Judith I. Stallmann and Eunice Patron -- Use of fiscal impact analysis as a tool for local government educational programs / Steven C. Deller -- University contributions to local government in Canada / Andrew Sancton -- University contributions to local government in Canada / Andrew Sancton -- Universities working with local governments in Australia: the experience of the Australian Centre of Excellence of Local Government / Melissa Gibbs -- Establishing and developing a network among medium-size cities in Asia: a case study from the City of Kobe / Hirofumi Ando -- Balancing knowledge and relevance: an experiment in joining global perspectives to local government practices / Richard Pratt -- Keeping HOPE alive: the state of Georgia government and Georgia State University's role in maintaining educational opportunities / Larry Berman and Elizabeth (Beth) Jones.