The Second Tier of Local Government in Europe : Provinces, Counties, Departements and Landkreise in Comparison

ISBN-13: 9780415602570 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 360 str.

Opis

The Second Tier of Local Government takes a comparative approach to local European government. Through case studies, it identifies the differences in the institutional settings of the second level of local government among European countries. It then analyses changes in these institutional settings to provide information on debated reform options or dominant reform paradigms. The chapters are organised along common thematic lines. Thus the individual country chapters reveal both the specific characteristics of particular countries, and also the similarities shared by these units of local government. The Second Tier of Local Government will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, legislative and executive politics, and those studying local European government.

Recenzje

'A readable and informative book, particularly useful for those interested in decentralisation multi-level governance and local government reform issues. This book's originalities lie in the comparability it allows and in the comprehensive information it provides about one intermediate tier of government that - despite its relevance - has been discussed less. The book is geared both for political actors directly involved in similar debates as well as scholars.' - Filipe Teles, University of Aveiro, 2013

Spis treści

1. Introduction Hubert Heinelt and Xavier Bertrana  2. Belgium Tony Valcke, Herwig Reynaert and Kristof Steyvers  3. Denmark Poul Erik Mouritzen  4. France Emmanuel Négrier and Fabien Nicolas  5. The United Kingdom Steve Martin  6. Germany Hubert Heinelt and Björn Egner  7. Greece Nikos Hlepas and Panagoitis Getimis  8. Hungary Gabor Soos  9. Italy Carlo Bachetti  10. Poland Pawel Swianiewicz  11. Romania Cristina Stănuş and Daniel Pop  12. Spain Xavier Bertrana, Marina Espinosa, Jaume Magre  13. Sweden Henry Bäck  14. The Netherlands Ger Arendsen 15. Turkey Korel Göymen  16. Conclusions Xavier Bertrana and Hubert Heinelt

O autorze

Hubert Heinelt is Professor for Comparative Public Policy, Public Administration and Urban Studies at the Institute of Political Science, Darmstadt University of Technology. Xavier Bertranais the Head of the Centre for Local Innovation at the Diputació de Barcelona and Researcher at the University of Barcelona.