Comparing local government systems and reforms in Europe
- The study of subnational and local government systems and reforms has become an increasingly salient topic in comparative public administration. In many European countries, policy implementation, the execution of public tasks and the delivery of services to citizens are largely carried out by local governments, which, at the same time, have been subjected to multiple reforms and sometimes comprehensive institutional re-organizations. This chapter discusses analytical key concepts and outcomes of the comparative study of local governments and local government reforms. It outlines frameworks and analytical tools to capture the variety of institutional settings and developments at the local level of government. It provides an introduction into crucial comparative dimensions, such as functional, territorial and political profiles of local governments, and analyses current reform approaches and outcomes based on recent empirical findings. Finally, the chapter addresses salient issues to be taken up in future comparative studies about localThe study of subnational and local government systems and reforms has become an increasingly salient topic in comparative public administration. In many European countries, policy implementation, the execution of public tasks and the delivery of services to citizens are largely carried out by local governments, which, at the same time, have been subjected to multiple reforms and sometimes comprehensive institutional re-organizations. This chapter discusses analytical key concepts and outcomes of the comparative study of local governments and local government reforms. It outlines frameworks and analytical tools to capture the variety of institutional settings and developments at the local level of government. It provides an introduction into crucial comparative dimensions, such as functional, territorial and political profiles of local governments, and analyses current reform approaches and outcomes based on recent empirical findings. Finally, the chapter addresses salient issues to be taken up in future comparative studies about local government.…
Author details: | Sabine KuhlmannORCiDGND, Justine MarienfeldtORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371200.00033 |
ISBN: | 978-1-80037-119-4 |
ISBN: | 978-1-80037-120-0 |
Title of parent work (English): | Handbook on local and regional governance |
Subtitle (English): | from new public management to digital era governance? |
Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Place of publishing: | Cheltenham, UK |
Editor(s): | Filipe Teles |
Publication type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2023/01/13 |
Publication year: | 2023 |
Release date: | 2024/01/24 |
Tag: | (post) new public management; comparative public administration; decentralization; digitalization; local government systems; territorial reforms |
Number of pages: | 17 |
First page: | 313 |
Last Page: | 329 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften / Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |