Local Government Structure and Capacities in Europe
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.14.3.13434 |
| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | European Union; Council of Europe; European Charter of Local Self Government; decentralization; local finance; fragmentation |
| Description | This article argues that the local government capacities and local government performance in Europe clearly rank this continent to the most developed world areas from the point of local democracy. The background factors explaining this situation have a multidimensional character and one can identify as core positive factors the relative economic wealth, high human development, the long historical tradition of the subsidiarity principle in most parts of Europe, and the regulatory function of the Council of Europe. |