Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier

Hlepas, Nikos; Kersting, Norbert; Kuhlmann, Sabine; Swianiewicz, Paweł; Teles, Filipe

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64725-8_1

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“…These studies have been conducted at the municipal level, often ignoring the fact that, in many countries, municipalities are themselves divided into sub-municipal governments that are elected. Recent contributions attempt to mitigate the paucity of research on sub-municipal governments (Swianiewicz, 2014;Tavares and Rodrigues 2015;Hlepas et al 2018) but fail to explain how these systems might affect political participation in general and voter turnout at the sub-municipal unit (SMU) level in particular.…”

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Size, density and small scale elections: A multi-level analysis of voter turnout in sub-municipal governments

Tavares

Raudla

2018

Electoral Studies

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Size, density and small scale elections: A multi-level analysis of voter turnout in sub-municipal governments

Tavares

Raudla

2018

Electoral Studies

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“…Sub-municipal governance can have significant role in democratic processes in different countries in Europe, which also include decentralization beyond the municipal tier (Hlepas, N. -Kersting, N. -Kuhlmann, S. -Swaniewicz, P. -Teles, F., 2018). Sub-municipal entities usually include type of territorial jurisdiction, partially independence from local government in managing of public affairs and form of democratic accountability and legitimacy, powered from democratic elected bodies (Kersting, N., 2018). Some of the entities include democratic elected popular assemblies.…”

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Decentralization and Sub-Municipal Government in South- Eastern European Countries

Klarić

2021

Zb. rad. Prav. fak. Splitu (Online)

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True this paper it would be analyzed sub-municipal government as a organizational form of local governance with comparative perspective, and elements which generally formed sub-municipal government as a tools for delivery of local public services and managing of local initiatives which are important for the local community. These two roles are crucial for understanding of dynamic in sub-municipal government. Special focus would be held on sub-municipal government in South- Eastern European countries, which they have a common history and institutional framework, with the main question: how can sub-municipal government contribute to strengthening of decentralization and democratic processes in the local community directly and, indirectly in whole society. Self-government systems which are highly decentralized usually have developed sub-municipal government. On the other side, in centralized countries sub-municipal government usually has reduced role which is connected with managing of public tasks connected with local community needs. The main question is how sub-municipal government can improve decentralization, and how those efforts at the end of the day contribute to better development of whole society.

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“…The geographically defined identity connected to the pre-merger municipalities was found to be real in numerous studies (Aulich, Sansom, and McKinlay 2014; Dafflon 2013; Hlepas et al 2018, p. 2; Illner 2003 for the case of the Czech Republic). Therefore, political competition in an amalgamated municipality can be understood as the struggle for dominance over other intra-municipal communities to ensure benefits for one’s own community.…”

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To Be Central or Peripheral? What Matters for Political Representation in Amalgamated Municipalities?

Voda

Svačinová

2019

Urban Affairs Review

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Municipal size and institutional design are important factors influencing representation at a local level. However, this has not been studied with regard to the long-term perspective. The article focuses on the effect of the center/periphery on the representation of units within an amalgamated municipality in local elections. The analysis is based on data from 2,298 amalgamated municipalities over three sets of elections (2006, 2010, 2014) in the Czech Republic. The article uses multilevel binomial logistic regression to estimate the effect of different types of intra-municipal (settlement) units in terms of central/periphery relations on their representation. Thanks to these unique data, the article presents information about the representation of differently disadvantaged units from the long-term perspective. The results show that political and cultural-economic centers of amalgamated municipalities, as well as settlement units of a bigger relative size, have a greater chance of being represented in the municipal council compared with political and cultural-economic peripheries and smaller units.

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Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Size, density and small scale elections: A multi-level analysis of voter turnout in sub-municipal governments

Size, density and small scale elections: A multi-level analysis of voter turnout in sub-municipal governments

Decentralization and Sub-Municipal Government in South- Eastern European Countries

To Be Central or Peripheral? What Matters for Political Representation in Amalgamated Municipalities?

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