Modern Guide to Local and Regional Politics

Contents:

1 Introduction: setting the scene 1
Richard Kerley, Colin Copus and Alistair Jones

PART I INTRA-STATE MODELS AND THE
TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY
2 Slovenia: the architecture of Slovenian intra-state arrangements 16
Simona Kukovic
3 Poland: local representation in Poland: between
government and governance 30
Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak
4 Central Asia: intra-state government in Central Asian autocracies 46
Colin Knox
5 Argentina: intra-state relations in Argentina: a permanent
conflict between legal autonomy and political centralism 65
Daniel Cravacuore and Andrew Nickson
PART II THE AMERICAS
6 USA: intra-state governments in the United States: powers
and authority, elections, finances, and intergovernmental
dynamics 81
J. Edwin Benton
7 Canada: intra-state diversity and complexity 100
Royce Koop
8 Mexico: intra-state government in Mexico 116
Ady Carrera and Andrew Nickson

PART III SOUTHERN EUROPE
9 Portugal: mind the gap: the hidden challenges of intra-state
governments in Portugal 134
Filipe Teles
10 Spain: fragmentation and plurality: intra-state governments
in decentralised Spain 149
Esther Pano

PART IV NORTHERN EUROPE
11 Germany: interstate governmental relationships in Federal
Germany 168
Hubert Heinelt
12 Iceland: intrastate governments in Iceland: still more
government than governance 184
Eva Marin Hlynsdottir
13 Belgium: intra-state government and representation in
Belgium: navigating a labyrinth or maze? 199
Kristof Steyvers, Koenraad De Ceuninck, Tony Valcke
and Tom Verhelst

PART V BRITISH ISLES
14 England: intra-state arrangements in England 218
Alistair Jones
15 Wales: 'a work in progress': the Senedd Cymru and Welsh
local government 234
Russell Deacon
16 Ireland: the Republic of Ireland: struggling to turn back the
tide of centralism 250
Aodh Quinlivan
17 Scotland: in the United Kingdom: modernism, territory,
devolved institutions and the union 263
Neil McGarvey and Richard Kerley

PART VI INTRA STATE RELATIONS:
COMMONWEALTH APPROACH
18 India: municipal governance in India 285
Nirmala Rao and David Barun Kumar Thomas
19 South Africa: South African local governance relations 302
Norbert Kersting and Robert Cameron
20 New Zealand: local government and governance in
Aotearoa New Zealand 315
Julienne Molineaux and Andy Asquith
21 Conclusion: intra-state government - a stable dynamic 335
Colin Copus, Alistair Jones and Richard Kerley

Index

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• Estrutura e processos políticos
• Obras de referência
• Governo regional
• Administração pública

Governance; intra-state; regions; local government; municipal; democracy; government