01333nam a2200181 4500 507487 507487 190215b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Dollery, Brian Edward 2077 Chalk and cheese: a comparative analysis of local government reform processes in New South Wales and Victoria 2018 p.847-858. A substantial empirical literature exists on the consequences of local government reform programs. However, much less effort has been directed at examining how reform processes affect the outcomes of reform programs and little work has been invested in the comparative analysis of local government reform processes. To address this neglect in the literature, this article provides a comparative analysis of the contemporary municipal reform initiatives in the New South Wales and Victorian state local government systems. It is argued that the much more deliberative and inclusive Victorian approach represents a superior approach to the hurried “top-down” New South Wales method. - Reproduced. Local government - Reforms - New South Wales 1796 Local government - Reforms - Victoria 1797 Drew, Joseph James 1798 International Journal of Public Administration Local government ddc AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 381511 IIPA IIPA 2019-02-15 41(11), Aug, 2018: p.847-858. AR118901 2019-02-15 AR