Local Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
Series: Urban and Regional Research International; 2;
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Product details:
- Edition number 2003
- Publisher VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Date of Publication 28 February 2003
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9783810031921
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages338 pages
- Size 0x0 mm
- Weight 491 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black & white 0
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Short description:
Der englischsprachige Band führt ein in die Lokal- und Regionalpolitik der mittel-osteuropäischen Reformländer. Der Band beleuchtet aktuelle Probleme der Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik in den Ländern Mittel-Osteuropas, einschließlich Russlands. Zentral sind Fragen der Beziehungen zwischen zentraler, regionaler und lokaler Politik- und Verwaltungsebene, der lokalen Demokratie und Partizipation sowie Fragen der Verwaltungsmodernisierung.
Long description:
This book is the first volume of aseries that aims at taking stock of the status of local democracy at the beginning of a new century. Modern local govern th me nt is largely a 19 century invention in response to processes of urbanisa tion and industrialisation. It became charged with the mundane tasks of pav ing and lighting streets, collecting refuse and providing clean water and sanitary sewerage, sometimes also acquiring a role in education and health. Anyone who has experienced a breakdown in such services knows how es sential they are to civilised life in urban society. Urban civilisation could simply not exist without working municipalities. The importance of munici pal functions ensures that the control over the municipality becomes a vital political issue. In most countries, democratisation of local government pre ceded and was an important step towards a fuH national democracy. Munici palities offered potential for the realisation of democratic citizenship at a comprehensible level of government and also became training grounds for participation in democracy on a larger scale. As institutions of the industrial era, local governments may not necessarily be able to respond adequately to the needs and aspirations of citizens of a post-industrial and global age. There are signs that citizens in a number of countries are loosing patience with local government. However, many municipalities also seek to open up new chan nels of participation for and communication with citizens.
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Table of Contents:
Devolution of Government in the Ex-Communist Countries: Some Explanatory Frameworks.- 1: Challenges of the Reform Process.- Rebuilding local democracy and administration in East Germany ? a ?special case? of post-communist transformation?.- The Czech Republic 1990?2001. Successful reform at the municipal level and a difficult birth of the intermediary government.- Local Government in Poland and Hungary: from post-communist reform towards EU accession.- Local democracy in the Baltic countries: a new beginning?.- Local Government Reform in Slovenia. From socialist self-management to local self-government.- Local Government Development in Croatia. Problems and Value Mix.- Local self-government in Russia: Precarious trajectory between power and law.- 2: Making Local Democracy Work.- Towards normalisation of local democracy in East-Central Europe. A developmental approach to institutional reform.- The values of local democracy as seen by mayors in East-Central Europe.- Whose mayor? Representational roles in local politics.- How beautiful is bigger? In search of the optimal size for local democracy.- Learning across borders: The international contacts of municipalities.- 3: Conclusions.- Decentralisation: Lessons for Reformers.- List of authors.
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