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Local government in the European Union : completing the integration cycle / Marius Guderjan, Tom Verhelst.

3030743829 (electronic book)
9783030743826 (electronic bk.)
9783030743819 (hardcover)
3030743810

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

English

1 online resource : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-030-74382-6 doi

JS3000 .G83 2021

320.8094

Local government is a key topic for EU scholars. Yet, it has been somewhat under-explored, with the literature on the EU having largely neglected it. This book does much to fill this gap by providing an empirical and theoretical account of the role of local government in the EU. It provides a well informed and very thoughtful account of the different relations between the different elements of European local government. Neill Nugent, Professor Emeritus of European Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK The authors work with the analytical framework of an integration cycle, according to which local government reacts to the impact of EU decisions by adapting its internal organisation and external interactions in order to shape European integration in general and EU policies in particular. Empirically it is shown how complex this cycle is and how its results emerge from an interplay of formal and informal, vertical and horizontal interactions. Hubert Heinelt, Retired Professor of Public Administration, Public Policy and Local Politics, TU Darmstadt Institute for Political Science, Germany This book addresses the bigger picture of local-European relations and adds a new dimension to existing studies on multilevel governance and the Europeanisation of local government. Drawing from a combination of European integration theories and operational approaches, it introduces the idea of an integration cycle in which local government responds to the top-down impact of the EU internally, horizontally and vertically. This volume presents a wide range of empirical examples to demonstrate how local authorities across Europe have changed their practices, orientation and preferences, and adapted their institutions and organisation. By mobilising formally and informally, they participate in European governance and contribute to the future trajectories of European integration, thereby completing the integration cycle. Marius Guderjan is a Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics at the Centre for British Studies at the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany. Tom Verhelst is an Assistant Professor in Local Politics at the Centre for Local Politics at Ghent University, Belgium.

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