Alternatives to Amalgamation in Australian Local Government: The Case of Walkerville

Title
Alternatives to Amalgamation in Australian Local Government: The Case of Walkerville
Publication Date
2006
Author(s)
Dollery, Brian Edward
Byrnes, Joel David
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Southern Cross University, Centre for Policy Research
Place of publication
Lismore, Australia
UNE publication id
une:3339
Abstract
Structural reform chiefly through council amalgamation has long been the most favoured means of enhancing municipal efficiency by Australian state government policy makers. However, the results of most amalgamation programs have led to a growing scepticism in the local government community and a search for alternative methods of improving council efficiency. Not only have scholars designed generic models suitable for Australian conditions, but individual councils and groups of councils around the country have also developed several de facto alternatives to amalgamation. An embryonic body of research has now begun to examine the efficacy of these alternative organizational arrangements. The present paper seeks to augment this nascent literature by evaluating the outcomes achieved by Walkerville, an Adelaide suburban council exempted from the South Australian merger program completed in 1998.
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Citation
Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 11(1), p. 1-20
ISSN
2202-4883
1325-2224
Start page
1
End page
20

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