Redrawing Israel's local government map: Political decisions, court rulings or popular determination

Political Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 513-533

  Razin, Eran ^a   Hazan, Anna ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Local Government Administration   (Israel)

Author keywords

Court activism; Israel; Local democracy; Local government; Municipal boundaries

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LEGAL SYSTEM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0035000267     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(01)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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