Small Town and Village in Bavaria: The Passing of a Way of Life

by Peter H. Merkl

At the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3,000, thereby reducing the number of local governments in Bavaria from more than 7,000 to less than 2,000. Based on interviews, surveys, and statistical research,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857453475
• ISBN13: 9780857453471
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"