01166nam a22001337a 4500008004100000100002600041245011900067260000900186300001500195520072000210650002900930700002200959773005100981190214b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDollery, Brian Edward  aIs bigger really better?:ba comparative analysis of municipal mergers in Australian and Japanese local government  c2018  ap.725-734.  aWhile structural reform by means of municipal mergers has been employed in many different countries, council consolidation has been especially marked in Australian and Japanese local government. This suggests that much can be learned by examining amalgamation through the analytical prism of comparative analysis. In this article, we investigate structural reform through municipal amalgamation in Australian and Japanese local government by examining the aims of amalgamation, the methods employed by public policy makers and the outcomes which were achieved. From this comparative analysis, we attempt to draw some broader lessons for local government policy making aimed at local government reform. - Reproduced.  aLocal government - Japan  aYamazaki, Keiichi  aInternational Journal of Public Administration