BORDERS’ CHANGES AND CONSOLIDATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – LEGAL PROVISIONS AND PRACTICE
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profesor Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Publication date: 2019-12-24
Studia Politologiczne 2015;35
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ABSTRACT
The types of local government units in the United States and the manner of their
establishment are presented. Four ways of boundary changes of municipalities
– annexation, division, merger and consolidation – are examined in reference to
the various legal solutions adopted in the state law. In the background of present discussion is consolidation of municipalities in the European countries. The study
is based on analysis of the legal provisions of the constitutions and state laws,
statistical data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and literature.
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