Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe
Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier
Editors: Hlepas, N.-K., Kersting, N., Kuhlmann, S., Swianiewicz, P., Teles, F. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Addresses the very basic nature of identity, local and self-government
- Questions the survival and promotion of sub-municipal governance when European trends are towards amalgamation and scale efficiency policies
- Contributes to the debate on size, democracy and policy delivery efficiency, as well as on decentralization and multi-level governance at the micro-level
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- About this book
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This book explores sub-municipal units’ (SMU) role in decision making, decentralized institutional innovation, social innovation and, in rural areas, service delivery. Focusing on fourteen European countries, the book examines the impact of political cultures, administrative traditions and local government systems on the functioning of the SMUs. An under-explored topic in the literature, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative European, thematically broad, descriptive book on sub-municipal governance.
- About the authors
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Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas is Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Norbert Kersting is Chair for Comparative Politics, Local and Regional Governance at the Department of Political Science, University of Muenster, Germany.
Sabine Kuhlmann is Professor of Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam, Germany.
Pawel Swianiewicz is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Local Development and Policy at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Filipe Teles is Assistant Professor and member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier
Pages 1-24
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Reaching Out to Sub-Municipal Decentralization: An Ongoing Challenge in Belgium
Pages 25-39
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The “Little Town-Halls” in the Czech Republic: An Unexploited Potential of Functional Decentralization
Pages 41-68
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Decentralisation, Democratisation and Delivery: English Sub-municipal Devolution
Pages 69-91
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Sub-municipal Units in Germany: Municipal and Metropolitan Districts
Pages 93-118
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe
- Book Subtitle
- Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier
- Editors
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- Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas
- Norbert Kersting
- Sabine Kuhlmann
- Pawel Swianiewicz
- Filipe Teles
- Series Title
- Governance and Public Management
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-64725-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-64725-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-64724-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-87855-3
- Series ISSN
- 2524-728X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 268
- Topics
