Overview
- Explores the role of territorial representatives of the central state at a sub-national level
- Examines case studies from across Europe
- Utilises quantitative data gathered at the pan-European level
Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Genesis and Historicity
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A Culture at Work. Between Incarnation, Compromise & Politicization
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Role and Power
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Between Reform & Abolition. Towards a Europe Without Prefects?
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Reviews
“Professors Tanguy and Eymeri-Douzans have assembled an interesting, timely collection of papers on the role of the prefect, or its equivalents, in contemporary Europe. This book fills a gap in the existing literature, and demonstrates that even countries that appear to favor decentralization also have forms of monitoring and control from the center. The book is made even more interesting by its anchoring in administrative history, and the patterns of diffusion of the role of prefect.” (Professor B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh)
“Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Gildas Tanguy’s edited volume on regional governors in Europe will be the standard reference in its field. Offering more than 10 country chapters as well as comparative assessments, it is a valuable source to anyone interested in regional government and governance in Europe.” (Professor Jon Pierre, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg)
“This book isa must for anyone interested in meso-level or regional governance. It breaks new ground, insofar as its focuses not so much on networks, as on a particular figure with a strong nodality: the territorial representative of the State. Sometimes neglected in recent research, or reduced to being a French and Italian exception, such prefects, governors or State delegates can be found in most countries within and beyond continental Europe. Tanguy and Eymeri-Douzans have coordinated a fine comparative study that fills an important void.” (Professor Alistair Cole, Head of the Department of Government & International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University.)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gildas Tanguy is Associate Professor at Sciences Po Toulouse and deputy-director of the Laboratory of the Social Sciences of the Polity (LaSSP).
Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans is the President of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), and a Professor at Sciences Po Toulouse-LaSSP.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prefects, Governors and Commissioners
Book Subtitle: Territorial Representatives of the State in Europe
Editors: Gildas Tanguy, Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans
Series Title: Governance and Public Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59396-4
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), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59395-7Published: 29 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59398-8Published: 30 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59396-4Published: 28 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2524-728X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7298
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 458
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour