The decentralisation of city government and the restoration of political trust

Assche, Danny van; Dierickx, Guido

doi:10.1080/03003930601081069

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“…This article focuses on consolidated single‐tier municipalities. Even though these municipalities usually never cover their entire metropolitan areas, they are large enough to be considered by some authors as “too large for local politics” (Van Assche & Dierickx, ). Thus, they are good candidates for sub‐local decentralization.…”

Section: Metropolitan Governance and Sub‐local Decentralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many authors argue that the rescaling of services in a context of metropolitan governance also means the allocation of services to sub‐local units (Illsley & Coles, ; Lõhmus, ; Van Assche & Dierickx, ). Instead of governmental fragmentation, authors who support this view favor decentralization as a way of maintaining diversity in the production of local services.…”

Section: Metropolitan Governance and Sub‐local Decentralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Proximity also enables citizens to make their sub‐local representatives more accountable. Consequently, sub‐local units are considered more responsive to citizens' opinions (Van Assche & Dierickx, ). Nevertheless, most empirical analyses do not support this rationale (Swianiewicz, ).…”

Section: Metropolitan Governance and Sub‐local Decentralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Designing Proper Fiscal Arrangements for Sub-Local Decentralization in Montreal

Meloche

Vaillancourt

2015

Journal of Urban Affairs

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The amalgamation and de-amalgamation period in Montreal (2001de-amalgamation period in Montreal ( -2005 led to the creation of a city in 2006 with 19 decentralized boroughs integrated in a multi-tier metropolitan governance structure. Most recent work on Montreal municipal issues has focused on describing its complex governance structures. Very little attention has been given to the new fiscal relations between the City and its boroughs. Because of the extent of its fiscal decentralization process, the case of Montreal raises the question of how far can it go? Using information collected during meetings with elected officials and public services directors in 2012 and fiscal data analysis, we draw some conclusions on the right level of sub-local decentralization for Montreal. Based on efficiency considerations, the evidence suggests that some responsibilities need to be rescaled leading to more centralization. On the other hand, fiscal autonomy, which enhances accountability at the sub-local level, is also a crucial factor that makes fiscal decentralization work.

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Section: Metropolitan Governance and Sub‐local Decentralizationmentioning

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Section: Metropolitan Governance and Sub‐local Decentralizationmentioning

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Designing Proper Fiscal Arrangements for Sub-Local Decentralization in Montreal

Meloche

Vaillancourt

2015

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…Consequently, leaders at the neighbourhood level are more likely to be responsive to citizens' opinions. Van Asche and Dierickx (2007) add that sub-municipal-councils allow for better use of local knowledge.…”

Section: One Of the Recommendations Ismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Th is argument refers to eff ectiveness of service delivery (the logic which may be also found in Burns et al 1984 and. In this context, Van Asche and Dierickx (2007) concentrate on economies of scale -services in which an economy of scale is important should be managed on the city level, but those in which direct contact with citizens or small groups is more important could be delegated to the sub-municipal level. A similar argument is raised by Bäck et al (2005) regarding fl exibility in management arrangements, which can be achieved on the lowest territorial level.…”

Section: One Of the Recommendations Ismentioning

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Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?

Swianiewicz¹

2014

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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Neighbourhood / district councils exist in most big Polish cities. But their position in city politics is very weak, although differences among individual cities may be easily identified. There is also a low citizen interest in neighbourhood councils. The article tests a model to explain the variation among the cities and discusses the negative feedback between the dis-engagement of citizens and the narrow set of functions delegated to neighbourhoods. It asks the question if breaking that negative feedback is possible.

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