Municipal Territorial Reforms of the 21st Century in Europe

ISBN-13: 9780367894542 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 224 str.

Pawel Swianiewicz; Adam Gendźwill; Kurt Houlberg

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of territorial change on the municipal level across all European countries. 

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Territorial change at the local level  2. Mapping the intensity of municipal amalgamations  3. Institutional rules for territorial change  4. Where do municipal mergers occur?  5. Municipal splits in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990: Tightening rules  6. Discourses of territorial reforms  7. Patterns of conflicts  8. Coupling territorial reform with other reforms: do amalgamations lead to further decentralisation?  9. Evaluation of territorial reforms  10. Territorial reforms in Europe: What have we learned?