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Author : Gábor Soós
Release : 2002
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe by : Gábor Soós
Download or read book The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe written by Gábor Soós. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dotyczy m.in. Polski.
Author : Gábor Soós
Release : 2006
Genre : Democratization
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Book Synopsis The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe by : Gábor Soós
Download or read book The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe written by Gábor Soós. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harald Baldersheim
Release : 2019-04-10
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Local Democracy And The Processes Of Transformation In East-central Europe by : Harald Baldersheim
Download or read book Local Democracy And The Processes Of Transformation In East-central Europe written by Harald Baldersheim. This book was released on 2019-04-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on one particular aspect of the post-communist transformations in the East-Central European countries. In studying the local government reforms, it evaluates achievements with the traditional yardsticks for local government performance: democracy, efficiency, and autonomy.
Author : Andrew Coulson
Release : 2007-08-02
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe by : Andrew Coulson
Download or read book Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe written by Andrew Coulson. This book was released on 2007-08-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe before 1989 placed great emphasis on community self-government as the basis of civil society and democracy. After theVelvet Revolutions of 1989 and the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new states created an elected local government, whereby cities, towns and villages elected the
Author : John Loughlin
Release : 2012-11-08
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe by : John Loughlin
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe written by John Loughlin. This book was released on 2012-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
