Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe

✍ Scribed by Rudie Hulst, Andre van Montfort

Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 246
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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 cooperation operates in practice. Both performance and democratic aspects of cooperation are recurring topics.

✦ Table of Contents

1402053789......Page 1
INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION IN EUROPE......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
About the Authors......Page 7
1. Inter-Municipal Cooperation: A Widespread Phenomenon......Page 9
2. Belgium: Flemish Inter-Municipal Cooperation under Reform......Page 31
3. Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Finland: Old Traditions and New Promises......Page 47
4. Inter-Municipal Cooperation in France: Incentives, Instrumentality
and Empty Shells......Page 75
5. Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Germany: The Mismatch Between
Existing Necessities and Suboptimal Solutions......Page 99
6. Italy: The Changing Boundaries of Inter-Municipal Cooperation......Page 125
7. The Netherlands: Cooperation as the only Viable......Page 147
8. Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Spain: Dealing with Microscopic
Local Government......Page 177
9. The Missing Ingredient: Inter-municipal Cooperation and Central-Local
Relations in the UK......Page 201
10. Comparative Analysis and Conclusions......Page 219

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