Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe: The Rebirth of Local Democracy

by Andrew Coulson (Editor), Adrian Campbell (Editor)

Overview

Advocates of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe before 1989 placed great emphasis on community self-government as the basis of civil society and democracy. After theVelvet Revolutions of 1989 and the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new states created an elected local government, whereby cities, towns and villages elected the

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136773570
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Andrew Coulson is at the Institute for Local Government Studies at the University of Birmingham
Adrian Campbell is at the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

1. Into the Mainstream: Local Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe 2. Local Democracy and the Challenges of Decentralizing the State: An International Perspective 3. Taxes, Transfers and Transition - Adjusting Local Finances to New Structures and Institutions: The Experience of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia 4. Poland and Ukraine: Contrasting Paths of Decentralization and Territorial Reform 5. Local Government in the Baltic States: Similar but Different 6. The Tortuous Path of Local Government Reform in the Russian Federation 7. State versus Society? Local Government and the Reconstruction of the Russian State