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Measuring the Effectiveness of Regional Governing Systems

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In the first chapter, a typology of four basic regional governing systems was explicated. Critical basic values that a regional governing system should maximize or maintain as well as three dimensions of what a regional governing system should accomplish were postulated. There was also a discussion on ways to measure these three dimensions. The following section briefly reviews the literature relative to those proposing a more centralized governing system and those advocating for continuing the decentralized system. The section summarizes theoretical support for centralized or decentralized governing systems. Following the review of the literature, I analyze studies and empirical research that have been done to measure the effectiveness of centralized and decentralized governing systems to meet the objectives that a regional governing system should provide. These objectives and governing approaches are depicted in Table 1.1.

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Hamilton, D.K. (2013). Measuring the Effectiveness of Regional Governing Systems. In: Measuring the Effectiveness of Regional Governing Systems. Public Administration, Governance and Globalization, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1626-5_8

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