Synopses & Reviews
This book presents the experiences of eleven European countries in the field of territorial reforms. Based on case-studies that outline the basic features of the politics of territorial choice in the respective countries, the focus is on national policies, politics, and cleavages; the strategies employed and the outcomes of the reforms.
About the Author
HARALD BALDERSHEIM is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. He specializes in public administration and local government studies, including e-government, and has published extensively in these fields.
LAWRENCE E. ROSE is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. He specializes in local government and politics, local democracy, issues of democratic citizenship, and comparative political behaviour. Together with Bas Denters he edited Comparing Local Governance (2005).
Table of Contents
Territorial Choice: Rescaling Governance in European States;
H.Baldersheim &
L.E.RoseThe Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why?; P.E.Mouritzen
Finnish Power-shift: The Defeat of the Periphery; S.Sandberg
The Swedish Model Under Stress: Waning of the Egalitarian, Unitary State?; A.Lidström
The staying Power of the Norwegian Periphery; H.Baldersheim & L.Rose
Larger and Larger? The Endless Search for Efficiency in the UK; P.John
Step-by-step: Territorial Choice in the Netherlands; M.Boedeltje & B.Denters
Multiple Choice: The Persistence of Territorial Pluralism in the German Federation; M.Walter-Rogg
France and its 36,000 Communes: An Impossible Reform?; E.Kerrouche
Italian Regionalism: A Semi-federation is Taking Shape - or is it?; M. Brunazzo
Efficiency Imperatives in a Fragmented Polity: Reinventing Local Government in Greece; P.Getimis & N.Hlepas
Top-down or Bottom-up? Coping with Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic; M.Illner
A Comparative Analysis of Territorial Choice in Europe - Conclusions; H.Baldersheim & L.E.Rose
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