New Local Centers in Centralized StatesPeter H. Merkl A collection of essays about decentralization in the form of the strengthening or creation of new centers below the national level in modern nation-states. Emphasizes specific recent efforts to decentralize centralized states in this fashion. Divided into three sections: Local Change in West German Small Towns; New Local Centers in Western Europe; and Decentralization and Development Policies. |
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2 How Communities Decline | 29 |
4 Local Territorial Reform in the Context | 123 |
Decentral | 143 |
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Adelshofen administrative agricultural Ansbach areas authorities autonomy Bavaria Bayerisches Bayern Bruckberg bureaucratic Caperdoni central government changes citizens civil servants committee communes and provinces Comprensorio consolidation Constitution Crozier cultural decentralization delegated districts Dubedout E.M.S. Namboodiripad economic elected farms federal former France French functions goals Gram Panchayats Grenoble Gunzenhausen Hønefoss increased industrial inhabitants innovation institutions Ippesheim Italian Italy Langfurth Lassini Lower Franconia Markt Berolzheim mayor Meinheim member communes Michel Crozier Middle Franconia Ministry Mitteleschenbach Mountain Communities municipal Negri neighborhood officials Ohrenbach Ornbau Panchayat Samiti Panchayati Raj parallel power relationships party planning political population prefect problems Programme protest Regional reorganization Röckingen role Rosenheim rural Sidney Tarrow Skodje small communities social society Steinsfeld Stordal strategy structure Tallaksen Tarrow territorial reform Tolga-Os town Tyristrand units urban village Villeneuve Villeneuve project Weigenheim Weihenzell West Bengal Wolframs-Eschenbach woonerf Zilla Parishad