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Localism and Centralism in Europe : The Political and Legal Bases of Local Self-Government, Hardback Book

Localism and Centralism in Europe : The Political and Legal Bases of Local Self-Government Hardback

Part of the Comparative Politics series

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Why do some countries appear to be far more centralized than others?

In some countries local government has responsibility for a wide range of public services, while in others these services are delivered by national and other non-local bodies.

Moreover national government oversees the operation of local government with varying degrees of stringency.

In addition, local politicians in some countries seem to have greater influence over their national counterparts than those in others.

The answer to this question can be found in the distinctive patterns of development experienced in southern and northern Europe.

Differences in national-local relations also have direct implications for patterns of policy-making at the local level. This book examines the legal and political bases of relationships between national and local government in Britain, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and Spain, and assesses the causes and consequences of differences in such relationships.

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