Intro -- PRACTICING LOCAL GOVERNANCE:NORTHERN PERSPECTIVES -- PRACTICING LOCAL GOVERNANCE:NORTHERN PERSPECTIVES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OFGLOBAL CHANGE -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS -- GOVERNANCE - AN ANALYTICAL RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATIONAND DEMOCRACY -- PART 1: LOCAL GOVERNANCE BY MULTILEVEL GOVERNMENT -- PART 2: LOCAL GOVERNANCE BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- PART 3: LOCAL GOVERNANCE BY NETWORKS -- PART 4: LOCAL GOVERNANCE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT -- PART 1:LOCAL GOVERNANCE BY MULTILEVELGOVERNANCE -- FROM LOCAL AUTONOMY TO POWERVERTICAL IN RUSSIA -- INTRODUCTION -- MUNICIPAL REFORMS OF THE 1990S: REGIONALIZATION ANDPARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM -- COUNTER-REFORMS OF THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:SUBORDINATION AND UNIFICATION -- ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK? -- CONCLUSION: WHAT COMES NEXT? -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RURAL NOVA SCOTIA -- THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CHESTER12 -- THE TOWN OF PARRSBORO15 -- THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SHELBURNE20 -- THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF VICTORIA26, 27 -- DISCUSSION29 -- REGIONAL-MUNICIPAL RELATIONSHIP:THE CASE OF KIROVSK MUNICIPALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- REGIONAL POLICIES TOWARDS MUNICIPALITIES IN THEMURMANSK REGION -- Regional Legislative and Strategic Documents Regulating Regional-Municipal Relations -- Administrative Bodies Conducting Regional Policies Towards Municipalities -- Regional-Municipal Budgetary Relations -- Tripartite Agreements on Socio-Economic Partnership -- THE MUNICIPALITY OF KIROVSK -- The Place and Population -- Economy and Employment -- LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND THE BUDGETARYPROCESS IN KIROVSK -- Legislation and Administration -- Planning and Budgeting -- The Influence of the Company in Municipal Governance -- REGIONAL-MUNICIPAL RELATIONS: PARTICIPANTS' OPINIONS -- Estimations of Policies at a Regional Level Towards Municipalities.