Territorial Choice

Download or read book Territorial Choice written by Harald Baldersheim and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Territorial Choice: Rescaling Governance in European States-- H.Baldersheim & L.E.Rose The Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why?-- P.E.Mouritzen Finnish Power-shift: The Defeat of the Periphery-- S.Sandberg The Swedish Model Under Stress: Waning of the Egalitarian, Unitary State?-- A.Lidstrom The staying Power of the Norwegian Periphery-- H.Baldersheim & L.Rose Larger and Larger? The Endless Search for Efficiency in the UK-- P.John Step-by-step: Territorial Choice in the Netherlands-- M.Boedeltje & B.Denters Multiple Choice: The Persistence of Territorial Pluralism in the German Federation-- M.Walter-Rogg France and its 36,000 Communes: An Impossible Reform?-- E.Kerrouche Italian Regionalism: A Semi-federation is Taking Shape -- or is it?-- M. Brunazzo Efficiency Imperatives in a Fragmented Polity: Reinventing Local Government in Greece-- P.Getimis & N.Hlepas Top-down or Bottom-up? Coping with Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic-- M.Illner A Comparative Analysis of Territorial Choice in Europe -- Conclusions-- H.Baldersheim & L.E.Rose Bibliography.