The second tier of local government in Europe : provinces, counties, départements and Landkreise in comparison
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Bibliographic Information
The second tier of local government in Europe : provinces, counties, départements and Landkreise in comparison
(Routledge advances in European politics, 80)
Routledge, 2014, c2011
- : pbk
Available at 2 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
"First issued in paperback 2014"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Departements, 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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Hubert Heinelt and Xavier Bertrana 2. Belgium Tony Valcke, Herwig Reynaert and Kristof Steyvers 3. Denmark Poul Erik Mouritzen 4. France Emmanuel Negrier and Fabien Nicolas 5. The United Kingdom Steve Martin 6. Germany Hubert Heinelt and Bjoern Egner 7. Greece Nikos Hlepas and Panagoitis Getimis 8. Hungary Gabor Soos 9. Italy Carlo Bachetti 10. Poland Pawel Swianiewicz 11. Romania Cristina Stanus and Daniel Pop 12. Spain Xavier Bertrana, Marina Espinosa, Jaume Magre 13. Sweden Henry Back 14. The Netherlands Ger Arendsen 15. Turkey Korel Goeymen 16. Conclusions Xavier Bertrana and Hubert Heinelt
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