Local Government Administration in Nigeria

About The Book

Local Government Administration: A Comparative Perspective presents a balanced understanding of local government in Nigeria and what happens in other countries of the world, especially, in: West Africa, East Africa, North Africa, South Africa, Latin America, and Europe. This book Local Government Administration would be of great benefit to students’ researchers, policymakers, professionals, consultants, practitioners, and general readers. This book is unique and discusses certain issues, such as:

• History and Local Government Reforms
• Revenue generation and its challenges
• Structures and Functions of Executive and Legislature
• Legislature Report writing
• Public Policy-making in Local Government Administration
• Human Capital Management in Local Government Administration
• Industrial Relations Management
• Comparative case studies of administrative structures and functions of local government administration in Britain, USA, France, Soviet Union, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, etc
• Comparative Case studies of international governmental Relations in Nigeria, Britain, France, USA, and India
• Comparative Case Studies of decentralization policies in China and USSR(Deconcentration); South Africa and Britain(Devolution); Nigeria and Japan(Delegation);
• Comparative Case Studies of Uganda and Kenya (Anglo-Saxon East Africa); Nigeria, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire (Anglo-Saxon-French West Africa); and Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Gambia (Anglo-Saxon West Africa)
• These Case Studies are informative, educative, analytical, and intellectually enriching