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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809538103321

Titolo

The second tier of local government in Europe : provinces, counties, departements and Landkreise in comparison / / edited by Hubert Heinelt and Xavier Bertrana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-58792-6

0-203-18084-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics

Altri autori (Persone)

BertranaXavier <1976->

HeineltHubert

Disciplina

320.8/3094

Soggetti

Local government - Europe

Comparative government

Europe Administrative and political divisions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Second Tier of Local Government in Europe; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. Introduction: Xavier Bertrana and Hubert Heinelt; 2. Belgium: Tony Valcke, Herwig Reynaert and Kristof Steyvers; 3. Denmark: Poul Erik Mouritzen; 4. France: Emmanuel Négrier and Fabien Nicolas; 5. The United Kingdom: Steve Martin; 6. Germany: Hubert Heinelt and Björn Egner; 7. Greece: Nikos Hlepas and Panagiotis Getimis; 8. Hungary: Gábor Soós; 9. Italy: Carlo Baccetti; 10. Poland: Pawel Swianiewicz; 11. Romania: Cristina Stanus and Daniel Pop

12. Spain: Xavier Bertrana, Marina Espinosa and Jaume Magre13. Sweden: Henry Bäck; 14. The Netherlands: Ger Arendsen; 15. Turkey: Korel Göymen; 16. Conclusion: Xavier Bertrana and Hubert Heinelt; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 Départements, 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 l