Richard Batley is a Reader in Development Administration at the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. He has conducted research and consultancies on the policies and administration of urban policy in several Latin American, Asian and African countries as well as in Britain. Adrian Campbell is a lecturer in the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham. He has conducted research into local government, provided consultancy services to companies, institutes, and a wide range of local authorities, and has spoken at conferences in Europe and the UK.

• Introduction, Richard Batley, Adrian Campbell; Chapter 1 The Internal Management of Local Authorities in Britain – The Challenge of Experience in Other Countries, John Stewart; Chapter 2 ‘Aldermen into Ministers’: Oslo’s Experiment with a City Cabinet, Harald Baldersheim; Chapter 3 Recent Trends in the Relationship Between Politics and Administration in Local Government: The Case of Sweden, Stig Montin; Chapter 4 Constitutional Reform of Local Government in Germany: The Case of North Rhine–Westphalia (NRW), Dieter Grunow; Chapter 5 The Relationship between the Political and the Executive Structure in Italian Local Government, Giancarlo Rolla; Chapter 6 European Influence on Local Self-Government?, Colin Crawford;

Richard Batley is a Reader in Development Administration at the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. He has conducted research and consultancies on the policies and administration of urban policy in several Latin American, Asian and African countries as well as in Britain. Adrian Campbell is a lecturer in the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham. He has conducted research into local government, provided consultancy services to companies, institutes, and a wide range of local authorities, and has spoken at conferences in Europe and the UK.

• Introduction, Richard Batley, Adrian Campbell; Chapter 1 The Internal Management of Local Authorities in Britain – The Challenge of Experience in Other Countries, John Stewart; Chapter 2 ‘Aldermen into Ministers’: Oslo’s Experiment with a City Cabinet, Harald Baldersheim; Chapter 3 Recent Trends in the Relationship Between Politics and Administration in Local Government: The Case of Sweden, Stig Montin; Chapter 4 Constitutional Reform of Local Government in Germany: The Case of North Rhine–Westphalia (NRW), Dieter Grunow; Chapter 5 The Relationship between the Political and the Executive Structure in Italian Local Government, Giancarlo Rolla; Chapter 6 European Influence on Local Self-Government?, Colin Crawford;

Richard Batley is a Reader in Development Administration at the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. He has conducted research and consultancies on the policies and administration of urban policy in several Latin American, Asian and African countries as well as in Britain. Adrian Campbell is a lecturer in the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham. He has conducted research into local government, provided consultancy services to companies, institutes, and a wide range of local authorities, and has spoken at conferences in Europe and the UK.

• Introduction, Richard Batley, Adrian Campbell; Chapter 1 The Internal Management of Local Authorities in Britain – The Challenge of Experience in Other Countries, John Stewart; Chapter 2 ‘Aldermen into Ministers’: Oslo’s Experiment with a City Cabinet, Harald Baldersheim; Chapter 3 Recent Trends in the Relationship Between Politics and Administration in Local Government: The Case of Sweden, Stig Montin; Chapter 4 Constitutional Reform of Local Government in Germany: The Case of North Rhine–Westphalia (NRW), Dieter Grunow; Chapter 5 The Relationship between the Political and the Executive Structure in Italian Local Government, Giancarlo Rolla; Chapter 6 European Influence on Local Self-Government?, Colin Crawford;