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. INDICE: Territorial Choice: Rescaling Governance in European States; H.Baldersheim; L.E.Rose - The 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 b 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 b Conclusions; H.Baldersheim; L.E.Rose- Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23333-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 16/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés