Is Bigger Really Better? A Comparative Analysis of Municipal Mergers in Australian and Japanese Local Government

Brian Dollery () and Keiichi Yamazaki

International Journal of Public Administration, 2018, vol. 41, issue 9, 725-734

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2017.1298127

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