
Patterns of Local Autonomy in Europe
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 12. November 2018
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 359 pages
978-3-319-95641-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book considers local autonomy, measured as a multidimensional concept, from a cross-country comparative perspective, and examines how variations can be explained and what their consequences are. It fills a gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive study of the different components of local autonomy across a large number of countries, over time. It offers a theoretically saturated concept to measure local autonomy and applies it to 39 countries, including all 28 EU member states together with Albania, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland Turkey and Ukraine, over a period of 25 years (1990-2014).
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Series
Edition
2019 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
59 s/w Abbildungen
XVIII, 359 p. 59 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
603 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-95641-1 (9783319956411)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-95642-8
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Persons
Andreas Ladner is Professor of Political Institutions and Public Administration at the Swiss Graduate Institute of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Harald Baldersheim is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
Nikos Hlepas is Associate Professor for Local Self-Government and Regional Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Nicolas Keuffer is Research Assistant at the Swiss Graduate Institute of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Carmen Navarro is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University Autónoma of Madrid, Spain.
Kristof Steyvers is Professor of Political science, Ghent University, Belgium.
Pawel Swianiewicz is Professor in the Department of Development and Local Policy, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Harald Baldersheim is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
Nikos Hlepas is Associate Professor for Local Self-Government and Regional Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Nicolas Keuffer is Research Assistant at the Swiss Graduate Institute of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Carmen Navarro is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University Autónoma of Madrid, Spain.
Kristof Steyvers is Professor of Political science, Ghent University, Belgium.
Pawel Swianiewicz is Professor in the Department of Development and Local Policy, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Content
Chapter 1: What is local autonomy?.- Chapter 2: Measuring local autonomy.- Chapter 3: Legal foundations.- Chapter 4: Functional responsibilities.- Chapter 5: Financial control.- Chapter 6: Organisational choice.- Chapter 7: Administrative supervision.- Chapter 8: Vertical access.- Chapter 9: The Local Autonomy Index (LAI).- Chapter 10: A new typology of local government? Beyond North-South and East-West.- Chapter 11: Who governs? Patterns of responsiveness and accountability.- Chapter 12: Roadmap to local autonomy? Drivers of variation.- Chapter 13: Blessings of local autonomy? Does it matter? For what? How?.- Chapter 14: Conclusions: Local Autonomy - patterns, dynamics and ambiguities.