[PDF] The Future Relationship Of Central And Local Government eBook

Author : Tomas Bergström
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030560597

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This book presents new research results on the challenges of local politics in different European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Switzerland, together with theoretical considerations on the further development and strengthening of local self-government. It focuses on analyses of the most recent developments in local democracy and administration.

Author : David Walker
Publisher :
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Central-local government relations
ISBN : 9781842630013

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What is the future for local authorities; their relationship with central government and with the communities they represent? This report addresses these issues by examining the role of local authorities in relation to central government and exploring the tensions between local diversity and national standards.

Author : Steve Leach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1315407922

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English local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government. This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary state. The process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this field. However, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectified. This book fills this gap. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to British politics and governance.

Author : Lackowska, Marta
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 14,41 MB
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1529217199

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Drawing on classical and emerging research perspectives, this comprehensive book provides an up-to-date review of local government in Europe. Featuring an impressive range of contributors from both eastern and western Europe, the book addresses three main topics: territorial reforms, democratic empowerment of citizens and the role of local leadership, as well as new trends in local finances. Acknowledging their inherent diversity, the book examines the ways that local governments have responded to shared challenges, such as climate change, increasing populism and democratic deficit in order to identify both the variety and communalities between the country-specific features. In doing so, it provides a rich picture of the latest trends in local government, as well as pointing the way for future developments.

Author : David R. Berman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1317465857

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This book offers an overview of the legal, political, and broad intergovernmental environment in which relations between local and state units of government take place, the historical roots of the conflict among them, and an analysis of contemporary problems concerning local authority, local revenues, state interventions and takeovers, and the restructuring of local governments. The author pays special attention to local governmental autonomy and the goals and activities of local officials as they seek to secure resources, fend off regulations and interventions, and fight for survival as independent units. He looks at the intergovernmental struggle from the bottom up, but in the process examines a variety of political activities at the state level and the development and effects of several state policies. Berman finds considerable reason to be concerned about the viability and future of meaningful local government.

Author : Pawel Swianiewicz
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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"Public Perception of Local Governments" concentrates on changes in public attitudes towards local governments, and on differences in approaches towards various components of the respective municipal systems. As local governments become increasingly important in citizens' everyday lives, political institutions and public actors who can demonstrate greater sensitivity towards public opinion are vital for the success of future reforms. The hidden message of this work is that without regular and systematic analysis of public opinion, viable local government policies will become even more difficult to design and implement in the future. The book comprises research on this issue in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. "Public Perception of Local Governments" seeks to answer three basic questions: (1) What is the public's opinion on the newly created local governments? (2) How did general public opinion influenced the various decentralization reforms of the past decade? (3) What are the typical forms of communication with the general public at the local level?

Author : John Donaldson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317205332

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How do we understand the evolution of central-local relations in China during the reform period? This book addresses this question by focusing on eight separate issues in which the central-local relationship has been especially salient – government finance, investment control, regional development, administrative zoning, implementation, culture, social welfare and international relations. Each chapter introduces a sector and the way the center and various local governments have shared or divided power over the different periods of China’s reform era. The balance of power is gauged dynamically over time to measure the extent to which one level of government dominates, influences or shares power in making decisions in each of these particular domains, as well as what is likely to occur in the foreseeable future. The authors assess the winners and losers of these changes among key actors in China’s society. The result provides a dynamic view of China’s changing power relations.