Governance in transition [electronic resource] / Jan Bucek, Andrew Ryder, editors.
Bucek, Ján, editor.; Ryder, Andrew, editor.
2015
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Title
Governance in transition [electronic resource] / Jan Bucek, Andrew Ryder, editors.
ISBN
9789400755031 electronic book
9400755031 electronic book
9789400755024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5503-1
Published
Dordrecht ; Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-007-5503-1 doi
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JS113
Dewey Decimal Classification
352.283
Summary
Since the 1980s, there has been a global trend to give more power to local governments. Even in Korea and the United Kingdom, the most centralised countries in the OECD, local government powers have increased, with substantial economic benefits. Within the European Union, the principle of subsidiarity has enshrined the idea of devolution. New member states, particularly in central and eastern Europe, have significantly created new and self-sufficient local and regional governments. However, this process has been complicated. Devolution is not a panacea in its own right, and need not lead to economic growth. While it can encourage savings through collaboration, it can also lead to confused lines of authority and can complicate policy formation and implantation. Devolution can strain local budgets, forcing local governments to rely on their own sources of finance, rather than central government transfers. Suburbanisation, rural depopulation, the growth of some regions, and the decline of others have raised new problems, particularly related to inter-governmental cooperation among local governments and different levels of government. In many cases, an increased number of governments has increased administrative costs. This book looks at experience in government restructuring and devolution from a variety of national and international perspectives, both within the European Union and elsewhere, focusing on lessons learned and ways forward.
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Bucek, Ján, editor.
Ryder, Andrew, editor.
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Introduction
Part I: Governance, Intergovernmental Relations, and Development
Top Down and Bottom Up Metropolitan Integration in Poland
The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy: Implementation Challenges and Breakthroughs
Governmental Devolution as a Motor of Local Development
Theories of Metropolitan Government and the Post-Socialist Experience: The Case of the Poznan Metropolitan Area
Regional Elites, Networks and the Beauty of Regionalism in Hungary
Rural Governance in the New EU Member States: The Experience of the Polish LEADER + Pilot Programme (2004-2008)
Part II: Crossborder and International Co-Operation in Development
Strategic Cooperation Between Regions
Building and Using Transnational Relations
Changing Patterns of City-Hinterland Relations in Central and East European Borderlands: Szczecin on the Edge of Poland and Germany
Transformation Processes in the Former Black Triangle
The Influence of Regional Identities on Spatial Development {u2013} A Challenge for Regional Governance Processes in Cross-Border Regions?
Part III
Administrative Systems, Services Delivery and Local Finance
The Empowerment of Local Democracy and the Decentralisation of Service Delivery in Local Government Reform: The Evidence from Portugal.-Municipal Bonds in Hungary: Constraints and Challenges
Municipal Assets During the Post-Socialist Transition in Slovakia
Governing the Transformation of the Built Environment in Post-Socialist Bratislava.

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