Municipal territorial reforms of the 21st century in Europe / Pawe¿¿ Swianiewicz, Adam Gend¿ðwi¿¿¿¿, Kurt Houlberg and Jan Erling Klausen.

Author/creator Swianiewicz, Pawe¿¿.
Other author Gend¿ðwi¿¿¿¿, Adam.
Other author Houlberg, Kurt.
Other author Klausen, Jan Erling, 1967-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in governance and public policy
Contents Introduction: Territorial change at the local level -- Mapping the intensity of municipal amalgamations -- Institutional rules for territorial change -- Where do municipal mergers occur? -- Municipal splits in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990: tightening rules -- Discourses of territorial reforms -- Patterns of conflicts -- Coupling territorial reform with other reforms: do amalgamations lead to further decentralization? -- Evaluation of territorial reforms -- Conclusions.
Abstract "This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of territorial change on the municipal level across all European countries. Taking a thematic and comparative perspective, the book builds on extensive quantitative data and a large survey of academic experts in 33 European countries. Territorial organization of the municipal level in Europe is strongly diversified and yet far from stable. Politically speaking, territorial reforms tend to be risky and difficult, as such changes affect vital interests and identities. Despite such difficulties, the last two decades have witnessed considerable changes in territorial divisions at the municipal level across a range of European countries. In this book, the authors describe and analyze these changes comprehensively, making a vital contribution to understanding the reasons and dynamics of territorial reform processes. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in local or sub-national government, institutional design and more broadly to political science, public administration/policy, human geography, sociology and economics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Swianiewicz, Pawe¿¿. Municipal territorial reforms of the 21st century in Europe Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367894542
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