The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe

Ed. by John Loughlin, Frank Hendriks and Anders Lidström

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe is the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of subnational democracy in Europe. It is the only book to analyse subnational democracy in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks in Politics & International Relations
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 816
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 182mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1598g
• ISBN-13: 9780199562978
• ISBN-10: 0199562970
• Artikelnr.: 31794900

Autorenporträt

John Loughlin is a Fellow of St. Edmund's College and Affiliate Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University. He also holds Visiting positions at Oxford, Cambridge, Umea University, and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques Aix-en-Provence, as well as numerous other appointments. He is author and editor of over twenty books and numerous articles and book chapters on European territorial governance, as well as an expert of the Council of Europe's Committee of Independent Experts on Regional and Local Democracy. Frank Hendriks is Professor of Comparative Governance at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He deals with cross-border comparison of policies and governance systems, including the comparative analysis of democratic and decisionmaking models at the national and the subnational level. He has conducted extensive research, partly commissioned by public bodies, on governance and democracy at the local, regional, national and European level. Hendriks has published in international journals such as Public Administration; Democratization; Local Government Studies; Administrative Theory and Praxis; Journal of Crises and Contingencies, International Review of Administrative Sciences, and more. Anders Lidstrom is Professor of Politics at the University of Umeå in Sweden. His reseach focuses on local politics and government, comparative politics, and education policy. Current research includes comparative studies of local government systems, and studies of democracy and political participation in city-regions.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I The British Isles
* 1: Peter John and Colin Copus: The United Kingdom: Is There Really an
Anglo Model?
* 2: John Loughlin: Ireland: Halting Steps Towards Local Democracy
* Part II The Rhinelandic States
* 3: Ellen Wayenberg, Filip De Rynck, Kristof Steyvers, Jean-Benoît
Pilet: Belgium: a Tale of Regional Divergence?
* 4: Frank Hendriks and Linze Schaap: The Netherlands: Subnational
Democracy and the Reinvention of Tradition
* 5: Patrick Dumont, Philippe Poirier, and Raphael Kies: Luxembourg:
The Challenge of Inclusive Democracy in a 'Local State'
* 6: Arthur Benz and Christina Zimmer: Germany: Varieties of Democracy
in a Federal System
* 7: Franz Fallend: Austria: From Consensus to Competition and
Participation?
* 8: Andreas Ladner: Switzerland: Subsidiarity, Power-sharing, and
Direct Democracy
* Part III The Nordic States
* 9: Jens Blom-Hansen and Anne Heeager: Denmark: Between Local
Democracy and Implementing Agency of the Welfare State
* 10: Stefan Sjöblom: Finland: The Limits of the Unitary Decentralized
Model
* 11: Anders Lidström: Sweden: Party Dominated Sub-national Democracy
under Challenge?
* 12: Harald Baldersheim and Lawrence E. Rose: Norway: The Decline of
Subnational Democracy?
* Part IV The Southern European States
* 13: Alistair Cole: France: Between Centralization and Fragmentation
* 14: Simona Piattoni and Marco Brunazzo: Italy: The Subnational
Dimension to Strengthening Democracy since the 1990s
* 15: César Colino and Eloísa del Pino: Spain: The Consolidation of
Strong Regional Governments and the Limits of Local Decentralization
* 16: José M. Magone: Portugal: Local Democracy in a Small Centralized
Republic
* 17: Nikos Hlepas and Panos Getimis: Greece: A Case of Fragmented
Centralism and 'Behind the Scenes' Localism
* 18: Henry Frendo: Malta: Local Government: A Slowly Maturing Process
* 19: Andrekos Varnava and Christalla Yakinthou: Cyprus: Political
Modernity and the Structures of Democracy in a Divided Island
* Part V The New Democracies
* The Visegrád States
* 20: Pawel Swianiewicz: Poland: Europeanization of Sub-National
Governments
* 21: Michal Illner: The Czech Republic: Local Government in the Years
After the Reform
* 22: Gábor Soós and László Kákai: Hungary: Remarkable Successes and
Costly Failures: An Evaluation of Subnational Democracy
* 23: Sona Capková: Slovakia: Local Government: Establishing Democracy
at the Grassroots
* The Baltic States
* 24: Georg Sootla and Kersten Kattai: Estonia: Challenges and Lessons
of the Development of Local Autonomy
* 25: Inga Vilka: Latvia: Experiments and Reforms in Decentralization
* 26: Jolanta Vaiciuniene and Saulius Nefas: Lithuania: Brave Enough to
Implement Daring Democratic Reforms?
* The Balkan States
* 27: Stanka Setnikar-Canka: Slovenia in Transition: Decentralization
as a Goal
* 28: Pavlina Nikolova: Bulgaria: The Dawn of a New Era of Inclusive
Subnational Democracy?
* 29: Ana Maria Dobre: Romania: From Historical Regions to Local
Decentralization via the Unitary State
* Part VI Conclusions
* 30: Frank Hendriks, John Loughlin, and Anders Lidström: European
Subnational Democracy: Comparative Reflections and Conclusions
* Appendix 1 Structure of Sub-National Governments in Europe (2007)
* Appendix 2 Sub-national Finances in Europe
* Appendix 3 Trust, Importance of Local/Regional Government, and Levels
of Corruption in Europe
* Index