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Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe

Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier

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Editors:
  1. Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas

    1. Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  2. Norbert Kersting

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  3. Sabine Kuhlmann

    1. Political Science, Public Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  4. Pawel Swianiewicz

    1. Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

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  5. Filipe Teles

    1. Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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  • Addresses the very basic nature of identity, local and self-government
  • Questions the survival and promotion of sub-municipal governance when European trends are towards amalgamation and scale efficiency policies
  • Contributes to the debate on size, democracy and policy delivery efficiency, as well as on decentralization and multi-level governance at the micro-level

Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier

    • Nikos Hlepas, Norbert Kersting, Sabine Kuhlmann, Pawel Swianiewicz, Filipe Teles
    Pages 1-24

  3. Reaching Out to Sub-Municipal Decentralization: An Ongoing Challenge in Belgium

    • Ellen Wayenberg, Trui Steen
    Pages 25-39

  4. The “Little Town-Halls” in the Czech Republic: An Unexploited Potential of Functional Decentralization

    • Jakub Lysek
    Pages 41-68

  5. Decentralisation, Democratisation and Delivery: English Sub-municipal Devolution

    • Colin Copus
    Pages 69-91

  6. Sub-municipal Units in Germany: Municipal and Metropolitan Districts

    • Norbert Kersting, Sabine Kuhlmann
    Pages 93-118

  7. Between Identity Politics and the Politics of Scale: Sub-municipal Governance in Greece

    • Nikos Hlepas
    Pages 119-143

  8. Sub-municipal Arrangements in Norway: District System in Oslo

    • Jan Erling Klausen
    Pages 145-165

  9. New Experiments of Maintenance of Old Traditions? Dual System of Sub-municipal Units in Poland

    • Paweł Swianiewicz
    Pages 167-192

  10. Deeply Rooted but Still Striving for a Role: The Portuguese Freguesias Under Reform

    • Antonio F. Tavares, Filipe Teles
    Pages 193-209

  11. Sub-Municipal Units in Slovenia: Experiences from the Past and Policy Advice for the Future

    • Irena Bačlija Brajnik, Roman Lavtar
    Pages 211-226

  12. Rural and Urban Sub-municipal Governance in Spain: The Contrasting Worlds of Lilliput and Brobdingnag

    • Carmen Navarro, Esther Pano
    Pages 227-246

  13. Conclusions

    • Nikos Hlepas, Pawel Swianiewicz, Norbert Kersting
    Pages 247-260

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 261-268
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About this book

This book explores sub-municipal units’ (SMU) role in decision making, decentralized institutional innovation, social innovation and, in rural areas, service delivery. Focusing on fourteen European countries, the book examines the impact of political cultures, administrative traditions and local government systems on the functioning of the SMUs. An under-explored topic in the literature, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative European, thematically broad, descriptive book on sub-municipal governance.  





Editors and Affiliations

  • Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas

  • Department of Political Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Norbert Kersting

  • Political Science, Public Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Sabine Kuhlmann

  • Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Pawel Swianiewicz

  • Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Filipe Teles

About the editors

Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas is Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. 


Norbert Kersting is Chair for Comparative Politics, Local and Regional Governance at the Department of Political Science, University of Muenster, Germany. 


Sabine Kuhlmann is Professor of Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Pawel Swianiewicz is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Local Development and Policy at the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.


Filipe Teles is Assistant Professor and member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. 





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