Consolidation or Fragmentation? : The Size of Local Governments in Central Europe

Consolidation or Fragmentation? : The Size of Local Governments in Central Europe

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 329 p.
  • 言語 ENG
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What is the optimal size of a local government unit? 'Consolidation or Fragmentation? The Size of Local governments in Central and Eastern Europe' addresses this policy relevant question in relation to the emerging democracies of the region.

Contents

Foreword. xv List of Contributors . xvii 1. Size of Local GovernmentsInternational Context and Theoretical Framework . 1 Pawel Swianiewicz 2. Size of Local Governments, Local Democracy and Local Service Delivery in Hungary . 31 Eva Fekete, Mihaly Lados, Edit Pfeil, Zsolt Szoboszlai 3. Separate Existences Above All Else --Local Self-Governments and Service Delivery in Slovakia . 101 Jaroslav Kling, V. Niznansky, Jaroslav Pilat 4. Does Larger Mean More Effective? Size and the functioning of Local Governments in Bulgaria . 167 Stefan Ivanov, Guinka Tchavdarova, Emil Savov, Hristo Stanev 5. Economies and Diseconomies of Scale in Polish Local Governments . 219 Pawel Swianiewicz, Mikolaj Herbst 6. Is There a Third Road Between Small yet Ineffective and Big yet Less Democratic? Comparative Conclusions and Lessons Learned . 293 Pawel Swianiewicz Index . 327