Overview
- Offers a comprehensive comparative study of the different aspects of the governance capacity of Inter-municipal Cooperation (IMC)
- Examines decentralisation, multilevel governance and local government reform issues associated with IMC
- Fills a lacuna in current scholarship by analysing the rise of IMC in under-researched country contexts
Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Drivers, Democracy and Delivery
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Front Matter
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Cooperation in Europe
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Success and Failure: Case Studies
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About this book
The thematically grouped case studies presented here address the dearth of comprehensive and comparative analyses in recent scholarship. The authors provide fresh insights into the rise of inter-municipal cooperation and its evolution during a period of financial crisis and European Union enlargement. This includes critical examinations of the impact of austerity policies, the behavior and perceptions of key actors; and under-explored new member states. Crucially, this work goes beyond the comparison of institutional forms of IMC to address why the phenomenon so widespread and questions whether it is successful, manageable and democratic.
This work which presents the most recent and innovative research on inter-local collaborative arrangements will appeal to practitioners as well as scholars of local government, public economy, public administration and policy.
Reviews
“By assembling expert analyses on 20 European countries and by focusing on the recent phase of fiscal austerity policies, this excellent edited book on “inter-municipal cooperation in Europe” covers more European countries and is more up-to-date than any other available publication. Thus it is “must” reading for students, academics and practitioners interested in in this crucial issue of local/subnational reorganization and governance.” (Hellmut Wollmann, Professor Emeritus, Humboldt-Universität Berlin,Germany)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pawel Swianiewicz is Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Local Development and Policy at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw. His research focuses on local politics, local government finance, territorial and decentralization reforms with a special focus on countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe
Book Subtitle: Institutions and Governance
Editors: Filipe Teles, Pawel Swianiewicz
Series Title: Governance and Public Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62819-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62818-9Published: 22 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87404-3Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62819-6Published: 08 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-728X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7298
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 354
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, Public Administration