Sub-municipal Units in Germany
- Sub-municipal units (SMUs) in Germany differ in German Länder. In Berlin, Hamburg and München Metropole Districts fulfill a number of quasi-municipal self-government rights and functions. They have their own budget and strong councils, as well as mayors. In all other Länder, most sub-municipal councils were subordinated under the municipal council and directly elected mayor heading the administration. SMUs were introduced as a kind of compensation with different territorial reforms in the 1970s. Although directly elected, sub-municipal councilors are weak, and their advisory role competes with other newly established advisory boards. Here the focus remains on traffic and town planning. Some sub-municipal councils fulfill smaller administrative functions and become more relevant and important in recent decentralization strategies of neighborhood development.
Author details: | Norbert Kersting, Sabine KuhlmannORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64725-8_5 |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-64725-8 |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-64724-1 |
Title of parent work (English): | Sub-municipal Units in Germany: Municipal and Metropolitan Districts |
Subtitle (English): | Municipal and Metropolitan Districts |
Publisher: | Palgrave |
Place of publishing: | Basingstoke |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2018/01/17 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Release date: | 2022/03/30 |
Number of pages: | 26 |
First page: | 93 |
Last Page: | 118 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften / Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Peer review: | Referiert |