Perspectives on local governance across Europe : insights on local state-society relations /: insights on local state-society relations. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Björn Egner, Hubert Heinelt, Jakub Lysek, Patricia Silva, Filipe Teles.
• Editors: Egner, Björn; Heinelt, Hubert, 1952-; Lysek, Jakub; Silva, Patrícia Catarina de Sousa e, 1981-; Teles, Filipe
• Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Theoretical Considerations2. Country variations in networks between municipalities and civil society Anders Lidström3. European local politics: coherence, autonomy, relevance Filipe TelesPart II: Comparative Empirical Findings: Power, Authority, Participation and Democracy4. Power to rule: The perception of power and relevance in local state-society networks in Europe Grétar Thór Eythórsson & Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir5. Depoliticizing Policy Making: Do formal Governance Networks silence dissenting voices or provide opportunities for change? Paula Russell6. The notion of democracy among societal actors involved in locals state-society relations Hubert Heinelt & Adam Gendźwiłł 7. Between ideology and cooperation: How local politicians perceive their role in state-society relations Björn Egner8. New governance tools at the local level: civil society between local political leaders and the needs of local society Ivan Koprić, Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović, Romea Manojlović Toman, Dario Čepo & Sunčana Slijepčević9. Does Metagovernance Matter? The Nature and Effects of Network Participation by Local Politicians in Local State-Society Relations in Europe Tom Verhelst & Koenraad De Ceuninck10. Partnership in the shadow of hierarchy: the role of municipal authorities in local governance networks Joanna Krukowska & Marta Lackowska11. The democratic quality of non-electoral representation through local state-society relations Karin Fossheim & Hans Vollaard 12. Legitimacy claims of societal actors involved in locals state-society relations Deborah Galimberti & Hubert HeineltPart III: Policies and Politics Of Networks13. The unbearable lightness of coherence within local governance arrangements Patrícia Silva & Filipe Teles14. Participation without influence? Perceived influence amongst societal actors representing elderly people and people with disabilities David Feltenius & Linnéa Henrikssons15. Influental European Youth? Linnéa Henriksson & Janette Huttunen16. Organised business and unions in local governance Deborah Galimberti & Detlef Sack17. Patterns of network relevance in local policies Carmen Navarro & Lluis Medir 18. Local actions groups and inter-municipal cooperation Alistair Jones, Colin Copus, Jakub Lysek & Joanna KrukowskaPart IV: Regional and Territorial Differences of Local State-Society Relations19. Many advisory councils at the municipal level: do they add value for participation? Iveta Reinholde, Inese Āboliņa & Malvīne Stučka20. Which networks for which territories Annick Magnier & Marcello Cabria21. The prevalence of low-relevance networks in Central Eastern Europe and the post-communist legacy Jurga Bucaite-Vilke, Jakub Lysek, Dan Rysavy & Aiste Lazauskiene22. Networks between local government and civil society and the arbitrary and idiosyncratic nature of network membership Alistair Jones & Colin Copus.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.8094; Local government -- Europe; Public administration -- Europe
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031150005
• Related ISBNs: 9783031149993
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