Author: Council of Europe. Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287142474
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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This book looks at the legal and institutional framework of local and regional government in Estonia. Issues considered include: constitutional and legal aspects; the structure of local and regional authorities; citizen participation in decision-making; local elections; the distribution of power and methods of co-operation between local and regional authorities; administrative personnel; and financial aspects of government. This study is part of a series, prepared by the Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy, which examine the main aspects of local and regional government in the member states of the Council of Europe.
Author: John Loughlin
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191628247
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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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.
Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287138217
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Author: Council of Europe. Steering Committee on Local and Regional Authorities
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287139474
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287142863
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Author: Council of Europe / Steering Com
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287142825
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Author: Council of Europe. Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287143143
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Prepared under the authority of the Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR), it examines local and regional aspects of self-government. For Poland the principles of local democracy are enshrined in the Constitution, which guarantees a decentralised government, the effective status of regional municipalities, and the rights of local councils, and citizens to elect them without hindrance. The provision, structure and status of the various bodies which enact local democracy are set out. The reform of public administration has established two tiers of local government, powiats and voivodeships, which has effectively decentralized a large number of central government powers. Poland though is still a unitary state, and further developments will be needed to allow local democracy to flourish.
Author: Stefan Szücs
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3531901109
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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This book helps to understand in which ways local governing elites are important for the success or failure of national democratic development. Although we know a great deal about the general importance of civil society and social capital for the development of sustainable democracy, we still know little about what specific local governing qualities or political capital that interact with democratic development. The collected data covers time series of surveys from between 15 to 30 political and administrative leaders in over a hundred middle-sized European and Eurasian cities. The study takes us across the 1980s and 1990s, going from cities in Sweden and the Netherlands - through the Baltic cities - to the cities of Belarus and Russia. The findings show the importance of local political capital based on commitments to core democratic values, informal governance networks, and the significance of initially connecting the community to global, non-economic relationships.
Author: Council of Europe. Consultative Assembly
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287143006
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Author: Council of Europe. Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287147868
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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This publication examines the structure of local and regional government in the Czech Republic. It considers: the legal framework; authority structures and division of powers; forms of direct citizen participation in the decision-making process; the status of representatives; financial and human resources; and the supervision of local government activities.
