Patterns of Local Autonomy in Europe

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ladner, Andreas (Author), Keuffer, Nicolas (Author), Baldersheim, Harald (Author), Hlepas, Nikos (Author), Swianiewicz, Pawel (Author), Steyvers, Kristof (Author), Navarro, Carmen (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XVIII, 359 p. 59 illus. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	Governance and Public Management,
Subjects:	Political planning. Europe > Politics and government. Political science. Comparative government. Executive power. Public Policy. European Politics. Governance and Government. Comparative Politics. Executive Politics.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95642-8
Format:	Electronic Book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: What is local autonomy?
Chapter 2: Measuring local autonomy
Chapter 3: Legal foundations
Chapter 4: Functional responsibilities
Chapter 5: Financial control
Chapter 6: Organisational choice
Chapter 7: Administrative supervision
Chapter 8: Vertical access
Chapter 9: The Local Autonomy Index (LAI)
Chapter 10: A new typology of local government? Beyond North-South and East-West
Chapter 11: Who governs? Patterns of responsiveness and accountability
Chapter 12: Roadmap to local autonomy? Drivers of variation
Chapter 13: Blessings of local autonomy? Does it matter? For what? How?
Chapter 14: Conclusions: Local Autonomy – patterns, dynamics and ambiguities.

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