01279nam a22001697a 4500 507466 507466 190214b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Dollery, Brian Edward 2067 Is bigger really better?: a comparative analysis of municipal mergers in Australian and Japanese local government 2018 p.725-734. While 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. Local government - Japan 2068 Yamazaki, Keiichi 1718 International Journal of Public Administration Local government - Australia AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 381493 IIPA IIPA 2019-02-14 41(9), Jul, 2018: p.725-734. AR118889 2019-02-14 AR