A variety V has a cofinal set $S \subset \mathscr{V}$ if any A ∈ V is embeddable in a reduced product of members of S. Amalgamation in and examples of such ...

Sitting here in Victoria, land of 91 mayors and councillors with a population less than Surrey’s, I find it atrocious to see a broad statement such as: “The research is clear — municipal amalgamations ...