administrative reform France
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Decentralization
Democratically elected regional councils
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European integration France
French public policy-making
local government studies
political decentralisation
Politico-administrative landscape
regional finance policy
regional governance
regional policy transformation France
Product details
- ISBN 9780714641645
- Weight: 249g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1981, the newly elected socialist government of France announced a "vast programme of decentralization". The reforms have changed the politico-administrative landscape of France. This volume asks what changes - if any - occurred and looks at the implications for French public policy-making.
John Loughlin is Professor of European Politics at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. He is joint editor of Regional Politics and Policy: An International Journal. His principal research interests are comparative regional government, regionalism and federalism, and administrative reform. Recently he edited Southern Europe Studies Guide (London:Bowkcr Saur, 1993) and co-edited La Europa de las Regiones: Una Perspectiva Interguhernarnenral (University of Granada, 1994). Sonia Mazey is Lecturer in Politics at Cambridge University and Fellow ofChurchill Collcge, Cambridge. Her research focuses upon the politics,administration and policy-making processes of France and the EuropeanUnion. Recently she Co-edited (with J. Richardson) Lobbying in theEuropean Community (Oxford University Press, 1993) and (with CarolynRhodes) The State of the European Union, vol. 3, (Boulder: LynneReinner, 1995).
