Territorial Choice The Politics of Boundaries and Borders [Hardcover]

This book presents the experiences of eleven European countries in the field of territorial reforms. Based on case-studies that outline the basic features of the politics of territorial choice in the respective countries, the focus is on national policies, politics, and cleavages; the strategies employed and the outcomes of the reforms.Territorial Choice: Rescaling Governance in European States; H.Baldersheim? & L.E.Rose The Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why?; P.E.Mouritzen Finnish Power-shift: The Defeat of the Periphery; S.Sandberg The Swedish Model Under Stress: Waning of the Egalitarian, Unitary State?; A.Lidstr?m The staying Power of the Norwegian Periphery; H.Baldersheim? & L.Rose Larger and Larger? The Endless Search for Efficiency in the UK; P.John Step-by-step: Territorial Choice in the Netherlands; M.Boedeltje ?& B.Denters Multiple Choice: The Persistence of Territorial Pluralism in the German Federation; M.Walter-Rogg France and its 36,000 Communes: An Impossible Reform?; E.Kerrouche Italian Regionalism: A Semi-federation is Taking Shape  or is it?; M. Brunazzo Efficiency Imperatives in a Fragmented Polity: Reinventing Local Government in Greece; P.Getimis ?& N.Hlepas Top-down or Bottom-up? Coping with Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic; M.Illner A Comparative Analysis of Territorial Choice in Europe  Conclusions; H.Baldersheim ?& L.E.Rose BibliographyMIJKE BOEDELTJE is director of BP-E, an independent research and consultancy bureauMARCO BRUNAZZO is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, ItalyBAS DENTERS is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Political Science and Research Methods, School for Management and Governance, University of Twente, The NetherlandsPANOS GETIMIS is Professor of Urban and Regional Policy and Planning at the Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Political3$