Municipal Amalgamation Reforms

António F. Tavares is Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Portugal. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, Portugal.

• 1. Territorial Reforms: Concepts and Cases of Boundary Change.- 2. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Amalgamations.- 3. Methodological Approaches to the Study of Amalgamations.- 4. Evaluation of Amalgamation Reforms.- 5. Taking Time Seriously in the Study of Local Government Amalgamations.- 6. Taking Space Seriously in the Study of Local Government Amalgamations.- 7. Conclusion