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The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe
Edited by John Loughlin, Frank Hendriks, and Anders Lidström
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246x171mm
978-0-19-956297-8
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- The most sophisticated and up-to-date analysis of Subnational Democracy
- Covers a range of traditional and contemporary topics
- Sophisticated political analysis of local governance trends in Europe and a mine of factual information about 29 European countries
The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook adapts Lijphart's theory of democracy and applies it to the subnational levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether subnational (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political
parties and interest groups and also how subnational political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practices across Europe in this regard. Local financial systems also reveal a great variety. Finally, each chapter examines the challenges facing subnational democracy but also the opportunities available to them to enhance their democratic systems. Among the challenges identified are: Europeanization, globalization, but also citizens disaffection and switch-off from politics. Some countries have confronted these challenges more successfully than others but all countries face them. An important aspect of the Handbook is the inclusion of all the countries of East
and Central Europe plus Cyprus and Malta, who joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. This is the first time they have been examined alongside the countries of Western Europe from the angle of subnational democracy.Readership: Scholars and students of political science, EU studies, regional studies, and local government.
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Edited by John Loughlin, Professor John Loughlin is a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge and Affiliate Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge., Frank Hendriks, Professor of Comparative Governance, University of Tilburg, Netherlands, and Anders Lidström, Professor of Politics, University of Umeå, Sweden Contributors:
Harald Baldersheim is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Arthur Benz is Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Political Science,
Technische Universität Darmstadt,
Germany.
Marco Brunazzo is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the University of
Trento, Italy.
Sonâ Capková is Assistant Professor in the Department of Regional Development
and Public Administration at Matej Bel University in Banska´ Bystrica, Slovakia.
Alistair Cole is Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University. He has
published widely in the field of French and comparative politics.
César Colino is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
in the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology at the Spanish National Distance-
Learning University (UNED) in Madrid, Spain.
Colin Copus is Professor of Local Politics and Director of the Local
Governance
Research Unit at the School of Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK.
Ana Maria Dobre is an Associated Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences and
the Institute for International and European Policy, University of Leuven, Belgium.
Eloísa Del Pino is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Public Goods and Policies
(IPP) at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Filip De Rynck is Professor of Public Administration at University College Ghent,
Belgium.
Patrick Dumont is Researcher in Political Science at the University of Luxembourg,
Luxembourg.
Franz Fallend is Senior Scientist at the Department of Political Science and
Sociology,
University of Salzburg, Austria.
Henry Frendo is Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Maltese
Studies at the University of Malta, Valletta.
Panagiotis Getimis is Professor for Urban and Regional Planning and Policies,
Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of
Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.
Jens Blom-Hansen is Professor at the Department of Political Science at the
University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Anne Heeager is a Researcher at the Department of Political Science at the
University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Frank Hendriks is Professor of Comparative Governance at the Tilburg School of
Politics and Public
Administration at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Nikos Hlepas is Associate Professor of Regional and Local Government, Department
of Political Science and Public Administration at the National and Capodistrian
University of Athens.
Michal Illner is Senior Scientist in the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic in Prague, and a member of its Department of Local and
Regional Studies, Czech Republic.
Peter John is Hallsworth Chair of Governance in the School of Social Sciences,
University of Manchester, UK.
László Kákai is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University
of Pecs, Hungary.
Kersten Kattai is Lecturer at
the Institute of Political Science and Governance,
Tallinn University, Estonia.
Raphaël Kies is Researcher in Political Science at the University of Luxembourg,
Luxembourg.
Andreas Ladner is professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University
Institute IDHEAP in Lausanne.
Anders Lidström is Professor of Politics in the Department of Political Science,
University of Umea°, Sweden.
John Loughlin is Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge and Affiliate Lecturer
in Politics in Cambridge University. He was previously Professor of European
Politics in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
José M. Magone is Professor of Regional and Global
Governance at the Berlin
School of Economics and Law, Germany.
Saulius Nefas is Associate Professor of Public Administration in the Faculty of
Politics and Management at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.
Pavlina Nikolova is an International Relations Officer at the European
Commission.
Simona Piattoni is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of
Trento (Italy), where she teaches Comparative Politics, European Politics, and
Local Government.
Jean-Benoît Pilet is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the Universite´ Libre
de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Philippe Poirier is Professor of Political Science at the University of Luxembourg,
Luxembourg and Associate Professor at the Colle`ge des Bernardins and Universite´
de Paris IV Sorbonne (Celsa), France.
Lawrence E. Rose is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Linze Schaap is Associate Professor of Public Administration in the Tilburg School
of Politics and Public Administration at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Stanka Setnikar-Cankar is Professor of Economics of the Public Sector in the
Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Stefan Sjöblom is Professor of Local Administration at the Swedish School of Social
Science, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Gábor Soós is Research Director of the Tocqueville Research
Center Budapest,
Hungary.
Georg Sootla is Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Political Science and
Governance, Tallinn University, Estonia.
Kristof Steyvers is a Lecturer at the Centre for Local Politics, Department of
Political Science of Ghent University, Belgium.
Pawel Swianiewicz is Professor in the Department of Local Development and
Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Jolanta Vaiciuniene is Director of Municipal Training Center in the Faculty of
Social Science at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
Andrekos Varnava is Lecturer in Modern History in the School of International
Studies Faculty of Social
and Behavioural Sciences, Flinders University, Australia.
Inga Vilka is Assistant Professor in the Public Administration Department of the
Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Latvia.
Ellen Wayenberg is Assistant Professor in Policy Analysis at University College
Ghent and at Ghent University, Belgium.
Christalla Yakinthou is Country Manager of the International Center for Transitional
Justice's Cyprus Program, and a Research Fellow at the University ofWestern
Australia.
Christina Zimmer is Research Assistant at the Department of Political Science at
Fern Universitaet in Hagen, Germany.
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"A high-quality team of experts on the different member-countries have produced thorough, clear and well-documented surveys of the state of territorial politics within every state of the Union, and the collection is held together by strong editorial guidance and a lucid and incisive theoretical overview. Accessible to both specialists and readers with more general interests, this work is an essential reference for anyone interested in the changing patterns of the contemporary state." - David Hanley, Professor Emeritus of European Studies, Cardiff University and Visiting Professor in the Centre for European and International Studies, University of Portsmouth "The impressive Handbook on local democracy in Europe is an invaluable
source of precise data about 29 countries, but also makes strong claims about transnational trends and typologies...it also stresses the "hybrid" nature of most states now when seen from below. It makes a powerful case for understanding democracy and its transformation beyond the nation state by precisely reviewing the implementation of direct democracy instruments and forms of political participation. Territory strongly matters if we are to understand European democracies, the Handbook eloquently makes the point." - Patrick Le Galès, Research Professor of Politics and Sociology at Sciences Po/CNRS, Centre d'études européennes
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John Loughlin, Frank Hendriks, and Anders Lidstrom: Introduction
Part I The British Isles
1: Peter John and Colin Copus: The United Kingdom: Is There Really an Anglo Model?
2: John Loughlin: Ireland: Halting Steps Towards Local Democracy
Part II The Rhinelandic States
3: Ellen Wayenberg, Filip De Rynck, Kristof Steyvers, Jean-Benoît Pilet: Belgium: a Tale of Regional Divergence?
4: Frank Hendriks and Linze Schaap: The Netherlands: Subnational Democracy and the Reinvention of Tradition
5: Patrick Dumont, Philippe Poirier, and Raphael Kies: Luxembourg: The Challenge of Inclusive Democracy in a 'Local State'
6: Arthur Benz and Christina Zimmer: Germany: Varieties of Democracy in a Federal System
7: Franz Fallend: Austria: From Consensus to Competition and Participation?
8: Andreas Ladner: Switzerland: Subsidiarity, Power-sharing, and Direct Democracy
Part III The Nordic States
9: Jens Blom-Hansen and Anne Heeager: Denmark: Between Local Democracy and Implementing Agency of the Welfare State
10: Stefan Sjöblom: Finland: The Limits of the Unitary Decentralized Model
11: Anders Lidström: Sweden: Party Dominated Sub-national Democracy under Challenge?
12: Harald Baldersheim and Lawrence E. Rose: Norway: The Decline of Subnational Democracy?
Part IV The Southern European States
13: Alistair Cole: France: Between Centralization and Fragmentation
14: Simona Piattoni and Marco Brunazzo: Italy: The Subnational Dimension to Strengthening Democracy since the 1990s
15: César Colino and Eloísa del Pino: Spain: The Consolidation of Strong Regional Governments and the Limits of Local Decentralization
16: José M. Magone: Portugal: Local Democracy in a Small Centralized Republic
17: Nikos Hlepas and Panos Getimis: Greece: A Case of Fragmented Centralism and 'Behind the Scenes' Localism
18: Henry Frendo: Malta: Local Government: A Slowly Maturing Process
19: Andrekos Varnava and Christalla Yakinthou: Cyprus: Political Modernity and the Structures of Democracy in a Divided Island
Part V The New Democracies
The Visegrád States
20: Pawel Swianiewicz: Poland: Europeanization of Sub-National Governments
21: Michal Illner: The Czech Republic: Local Government in the Years After the Reform
22: Gábor Soós and László Kákai: Hungary: Remarkable Successes and Costly Failures: An Evaluation of Subnational Democracy
23: Sona Capková: Slovakia: Local Government: Establishing Democracy at the Grassroots
The Baltic States
24: Georg Sootla and Kersten Kattai: Estonia: Challenges and Lessons of the Development of Local Autonomy
25: Inga Vilka: Latvia: Experiments and Reforms in Decentralization
26: Jolanta Vaiciuniene and Saulius Nefas: Lithuania: Brave Enough to Implement Daring Democratic Reforms?
The Balkan States
27: Stanka Setnikar-Canka: Slovenia in Transition: Decentralization as a Goal
28: Pavlina Nikolova: Bulgaria: The Dawn of a New Era of Inclusive Subnational Democracy?
29: Ana Maria Dobre: Romania: From Historical Regions to Local Decentralization via the Unitary State
Part VI Conclusions
30: Frank Hendriks, John Loughlin, and Anders Lidström: European Subnational Democracy: Comparative Reflections and Conclusions
Appendix 1 Structure of Sub-National Governments in Europe (2007)
Appendix 2 Sub-national Finances in Europe
Appendix 3 Trust, Importance of Local/Regional Government, and Levels of Corruption in Europe
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