Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe

Name: Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe
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ISBN: 9781402053788

ISBN-10: 1402053789

ISBN-13: 9781402053788

Edition: 2007

Authors: Rudie Hulst, Andrï¿½ van Montfort, Rosina Lï¿½pez-Fandiï¿½o, Rï¿½diger Schade

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Over the past fifty years, local government in Europe has been confronted with escalating scales of production, population migration and market pressures. These developments have complicated its performance, challenged its domain and even threatened its existence. A popular coping strategy is inter-municipal cooperation, a phenomenon that, despite its ubiquity, has not been subject to systematic comparative research. This book presents an overview of inter-municipal cooperation in eight European countries. Each country study sketches its attendant forms, their institutional design, the tasks and competencies attributed to joint authorities of municipalities and the way inter-municipal…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 1/26/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

Dr. Rudie Hulst (1953) and Dr. AndrÃ© van Montfort (1959) teach public administration at the Department of Public Administration and Organisation Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Their main topic of research is intergovernmental relations.



Preface


About the authors


Inter municipal cooperation: a wide spread phenomenon



Belgium: Flemish inter municipal cooperation under reform, Bart de Peuter



Inter municipal cooperation in Finland: old traditions and new promises, Arto Haveri



Inter municipal cooperation in France: Incentives, instrumentality and empty shells



Inter local cooperation in Germany: the mismatch between existing necessities and suboptimal solutions



Italy: the changing boundaries of inter municipal cooperation



The Netherlands: cooperation as the only viable strategy



Inter municipal cooperation in Spain: dealing with microscopic local government



The Missing Ingredient: Inter-municipal cooperation and Central-Local Relations in the UK



Comparative analysis and conclusions