Schriftenreihe fur Agrarsoziologie und Agrarrecht, Osterreichisches Institut fur Agrarsoziologie und Agrarrecht 22: 9-92
1978
The paper deals with conditions in West German rural local authorities (Gemeinde) which despite having their own structures and specific problems, also share the needs and difficulties of thousands of rural local authorities in other countries. There is at present a trend towards the small authorities integrating their administrative independence into the larger authorities.