Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

Over the past fifty years, local government in Europe has been confronted with escalating scales of production, population migration and market pressures. These developments have complicated its performance, challenged its domain and even threatened its existence. A popular coping strategy is inter-municipal cooperation, a phenomenon that, despite its ubiquity, has not been subject to systematic comparative research. 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. The last chapter of the book presents a comparative analysis and reflects on the future of inter-municipal cooperation.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Rudie Hulst • Andre Van Montfort
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-5378-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-5378-9
Barcode:	9781402053788

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