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The Palgrave Handbook of Decentralisation in Europe
Jose Ruano (Ed.)
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Description for The Palgrave Handbook of Decentralisation in Europe
Hardback. Editor(s): Ruano, Jose; Profiroiu, Marius. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 309 x 35. Weight in Grams: 970.
This handbook provides an authoritative study of European decentralisation, taking into account, from a territorial perspective, the different political and administrative traditions in Europe (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Ex-communist States) and the cleavages North-South and East-West. While in recent decades most European countries have implemented devolution policies trying to tackle different political, social or bureaucratic problems, some others have instead regionalised their territory, applied federal or pseudo-federal reforms and strengthened the role of subnational governments. This volume analyses decentralisation in these countries using different variables including history, territorial organisation, civil service and financing, and reveals how this phenomenon leads to complex ... Read more
This handbook provides an authoritative study of European decentralisation, taking into account, from a territorial perspective, the different political and administrative traditions in Europe (Continental, Anglo-Saxon and Ex-communist States) and the cleavages North-South and East-West. While in recent decades most European countries have implemented devolution policies trying to tackle different political, social or bureaucratic problems, some others have instead regionalised their territory, applied federal or pseudo-federal reforms and strengthened the role of subnational governments. This volume analyses decentralisation in these countries using different variables including history, territorial organisation, civil service and financing, and reveals how this phenomenon leads to complex ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319324364
SKU
V9783319324364
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Ref
99-15
About Jose Ruano (Ed.)
Jose M. Ruano is Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain. He is currently Vice-President of the European association Entretiens Universitaires Reguliers pour l'Administration en Europe (EUROPA), President of its Scientific Committee, and member of the Permanent Study Group on Local Governance and Democracy in the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA). Marius Profiroiu is ... Read more
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