Local democracy and the processes of transformation in East-Central Europe
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Local democracy and the processes of transformation in East-Central Europe
(Urban policy challenges)
Westview Press, 1996
Available at 8 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-252) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the immediate post-communist environment of East-Central Europe, local governments have had to find new ways of reforming institutions in an effort to manage emerging market economies and provide better service for their citizens. Based on extensive analysis and surveys of local leaders and citizens in hundreds of cities and towns throughout the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, this book compares experiences in these countries. It portrays the relationships between citizens and local elites, showing the constraints and achievements in cultivating working forms of local democracy.
Table of Contents
- Local democracy - the challenges of institution-building, Harald Baldersheim and Michal Illner
- the new institutions of local government in East-Central Europe - a comparison, H. Baldersheim et al
- political culture and citizen involvement, Lawrence Rose et al
- the new local elites, Audun Offerdal et al
- mayors and parties, Pawel Swianiewicz and Terry N. Clark
- policies - privatizing, defending the welfare state, or wishful thinking?, P. Swianiewicz et al
- the function of the executive - power, leadership and management, H. Baldersheim et al
- virtuous circles - local democracy in a post-communist environment, H. Baldersheim and M. Illner.
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