Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe
Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier
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Beschreibung
This book explores sub-municipal units’ (SMU) role in decision making, decentralized institutional innovation, social innovation and, in rural areas, service delivery. Focusing on fourteen European countries, the book examines the impact of political cultures, administrative traditions and local government systems on the functioning of the SMUs. An under-explored topic in the literature, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative European, thematically broad, descriptive book on sub-municipal governance.
This book explores sub-municipal units’ (SMU) role in decision making, decentralized institutional innovation, social innovation and, in rural areas, service delivery. Focusing on fourteen European countries, the book examines the impact of political cultures, administrative traditions and local government systems on the functioning of the SMUs. An under-explored topic in the literature, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative European, thematically broad, descriptive book on sub-municipal governance.
Addresses the very basic nature of identity, local and self-government Questions the survival and promotion of sub-municipal governance when European trends are towards amalgamation and scale efficiency policies Contributes to the debate on size, democracy and policy delivery efficiency, as well as on decentralization and multi-level governance at the micro-level
Autor*in
Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas
Themen in »Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe«
Sub-Municipal Governance Europe Decentralization Sub-Municipal Devolution sub-municipal institutions sub-municipal unit (SMU) democratic legitimacy multilevel governance Local Government local democracy town planning democratic participation local self-government multilateralism Lilliputian governance