An Empirical Typology of Local Government Systems in Eastern Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7914025 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paweł Swianiewicz (0000-0002-1890-6738, University of Warsaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 292-311 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Government Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03003930.2013.807807 |
| OpenAlex | W2068278464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 15 |
The most widely used typologies of European local government systems are based on research conducted in the 1980s. The most popular are those of Page and Goldsmith (1987), distinguishing between Northern and Southern European systems, and Hesse and Sharpe (1991), distinguishing between Southern, Northern and Anglo-Saxon models. The rare attempts to include the Eastern part of the continent are far from comprehensive or satisfactory. They usually view the whole region as a distinct group, referring to its specific historical background and recent radical decentralisation (Bennett 1993, Heinelt and Hlepas 2006). Disappointingly, the same approach is presented in the most recent comprehensive analysis of European local government systems (Loughlin et al. 2010). This article tries to fill the gap produced by this simplification, by offering a comprehensive picture of the variation within the Eastern European region and suggesting a first attempt at a typology of around 20 countries of the region. The criteria for this typology refers to those used in earlier classifications of the Western European systems and include: (i) territorial organisation and tiers of elected local governments, (ii) scope of functions provided by local governments (functional decentralisation), (iii) financial autonomy, (iv) horizontal power relations within local government institutions (election systems and relationships between mayors and councils
Archaeology · Autonomy · Central government · Decentralization · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Explanatory power · Geography · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Regional science · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Typology · Corporate Taxation and Avoidance · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |