Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe
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 e
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe
INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION IN EUROPE
INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION IN EUROPE
Edited by
RUDIE HULST and ANDRE´
VAN
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MONTFORT
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ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-5378-9 (HB) 978-1-4020-5378-8 (HB) 1-4020-5379-7 (e-book) 978-1-4020-5379-5 (e-book)
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Table of Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................... vii About the Authors ..................................................................................................... ix 1.
Inter-Municipal Cooperation: A Widespread Phenomenon .............................. 1 Rudie Hulst & André van Montfort
2.
Belgium: Flemish Inter-Municipal Cooperation under Reform ...................... 23 Bart De Peuter & Ellen Wayenberg
3.
Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Finland: Old Traditions and New Promises ........................................................................................... 39 Arto Haveri & Jenni Airaksinen
4.
Inter-Municipal Cooperation in France: Incentives, Instrumentality and Empty Shells............................................................................................. 67 Karen West
5.
Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Germany: The Mismatch Between Existing Necessities and Suboptimal Solutions............................................... 91 Werner Heinz
6.
Italy: The Changing Boundaries of Inter-Municipal Cooperation................. 117 Marcello Fedele & Giulio Moini
7.
The Netherlands: Cooperation as the only Viable Strategy........................... 139 Rudie Hulst & André van Monfort
8.
Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Spain: Dealing with Microscopic Local Government ......................................................................................... 169 Eva Nieto Garrido
9.
The Missing Ingredient: Inter-municipal Cooperation and Central-Local Relations in the UK ....................................................................................... 193 Josephine Kelly
10.
Comparative Analysis and Conclusions ........................................................ 211 Rudie Hulst & André van Montfort
Preface Municipalities are considered the oldest and most enduring elements in European administration. Over the past fifty years, however, they have been confronted with a series of developments th
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