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Second Tier of Local Government in Europe

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Central Government
comparative public administration
council
councils
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EU Structural Fund
GPC
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Horizontal Power Relations
institutional change Europe
Intermunicipal Cooperation
La Ut
Lo Ca
Local Government Act
multi-level
multi-level governance
nance
power
provincial
Provincial Council
Provincial Executive Committee
Provincial General Assembly
Provincial Special Administrations
Provincial Strategic Plan
Public Administration
Queen's Commissioner
Queen’s Commissioner
Reform Arena
regional government structures
relations
Swedish Local Government
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territorial administration
Territorial Reforms
Walloon Provinces
West Germany

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138802421
  • Weight: 680g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 30 May 2014
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book takes a comparative approach to local government across 14 European countries, looking at processes of decentralisation, regionalisation and reforms of local government.

Examining second levels of government, such as UK Counties, French Départements, Italian and Spanish Provinces, and German Landkreise, this book reveals both the specific characteristics of particular countries, and also similarities across Europe. As the first book focussing on the second level of local governments, this monograph combines comparative analysis of institutional trends and reforms of local government with examination of country-specific features to provide an original and insightful evaluation of European governance. Organised along common thematic lines, leading experts in their field outline the historical development of local government, and analyse recent or current reform debates. The book argues democratic quality and effectiveness of this territorial level of government is in the focus of on-going debates about the rescaling of statehood and a shift from ‘government to governance’.

The Second Tier of Local Government in Europe will be of interest to students and scholars studying local government, public administration and multi-level governance.
About
Hubert Heinelt is Professor for Comparative Public Policy, Public Administration and Urban Studies at the Institute of Political Science, Darmstadt University of Technology. Xavier Bertrana is the Head of the Centre for Local Innovation at the Diputació de Barcelona and Researcher at the University of Barcelona.