LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, PREFACE THE LOCATION OF DECISION MAKING, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1. THE PRINCIPLES OF OWNERSHIP, CHAPTER 2. THE POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM, CHAPTER 3. THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ON WHICH LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS DEVELOPED, CHAPTER 4. CONTROLS OVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHAPTER 5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE, CHAPTER 6. INSTRUMENTS OF ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY, CHAPTER 7. THE SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL POLICY, CHAPTER 8. LAND-USE PLANNING, CHAPTER 9. THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE, CHAPTER 10. CASE STUDIES, CHAPTER 11. SOME IMPLJCATIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION, CHAPTER 12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SYSTEMS, AND DECENTRALIZATION: CONCLUDING REMARKS, EPILOGUE CENTRAL/LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS: RESEARCH IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES
