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Two Centuries of Local Autonomy

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Editors:
  1. Jürgen Georg Backhaus

    1. Fak. Staatswissenschaften, Lehrst. Finanzwissenschaft/, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

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  • Outlines the development and importance of the role of city/local government over the last two centuries.
  • Provides insight on important issues in not only constitutional political economy but also in political science and urban studies.
  • Demonstrates important lessons that also apply to the United States and the expanding European Union today.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences (EHES, volume 13)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Two Centuries of Local Autonomy

    • Jürgen G. Backhaus
    Pages 1-2

  3. Friedrich List on Local Autonomy in His Contributions to the Debate About the Constitution of Württemberg in 1816/1817

    • Günther Chaloupek
    Pages 3-12

  4. Determinant Factors of Economic Development and Local Economy: Theoretical Concepts in Retrospect

    • Karl-Heinz Schmidt
    Pages 13-28

  5. Wilhelm Roepke’s Emphasis on the Local Community

    • Ursula M. Backhaus
    Pages 29-40

  6. Mission-Driven Business Schools

    • Jürgen G. Backhaus, Louis W. Fritz
    Pages 41-51

  7. Dühring and Carey on Local Autonomy

    • James Gay
    Pages 53-67

  8. 200 Years of Local Autonomy: The Relevance for Today

    • Gerrit Meijer
    Pages 69-77

  9. Agricultural Reform

    • Hans Frambach
    Pages 79-90

  10. Population Policy and Local Government

    • Gerhard Scheuerer
    Pages 91-97

  11. Double-Entry Bookkeeping in Municipal Finance: A Natural Field Experiment in Public Choice

    • Enrico Schöbel
    Pages 99-108

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 109-114
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One of the last Prussian Reforms during the Napoleonic Era was the constitution of local autonomy for the cities. Proof of its lasting importance is that it was the cities that carried out the deficit-based employment policies of the early 1930s also had to carry the burden of a democratic reconstitution of Germany in the postwar period. After the crushing defeat at Napoleon’s hands, likewise the reconstitution of Prussia fell to the cities. Today, the same constellation of problems can be found on different stages. Europe, as it is growing together, faces a democracy deficit which ultimately will have to be addressed by the cities. The countries in transition and undergoing transformation likewise will have to find arenas for democratic decision making, which likely will be at the municipal level. Finally, the United States of America also faces a quagmire at the federal level which ultimately will have to be resolved at the state or local level. Contributions to this book examine all of these issues, making it of interest to students in urban studies, public administration, history and political science as well as policy-makers concerned with local government and autonomy.

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  • Fak. Staatswissenschaften, Lehrst. Finanzwissenschaft/, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    Jürgen Georg Backhaus

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