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

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.8/3094
• Soggetto topico: Local government - Europe; Comparative government
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Administrative and political divisions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BertranaXavier <1976-> HeineltHubert
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The second tier of local government in Europe
• ISBN: 1-136-58792-6; 0-203-18084-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461592503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in European politics.