Territorial Choice: The Politics of Boundaries and Borders

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Territorial Choice: Rescaling Governance in European States....Pages 1-20
The Danish Revolution in Local Government: How and Why?....Pages 21-41
Finnish Power-Shift: The Defeat of the Periphery?....Pages 42-60
The Swedish Model under Stress: The Waning of the Egalitarian, Unitary State?....Pages 61-79
The Staying Power of the Norwegian Periphery....Pages 80-100
Larger and Larger? The Endless Search for Efficiency in the UK....Pages 101-117
Step-by-Step: Territorial Choice in the Netherlands....Pages 118-137
Multiple Choice: The Persistence of Territorial Pluralism in the German Federation....Pages 138-159
France and Its 36,000 Communes: An Impossible Reform?....Pages 160-179
Italian Regionalism: A Semi-Federation is Taking Shape — Or is It?....Pages 180-197
Efficiency Imperatives in a Fragmented Polity: Reinventing Local Government in Greece....Pages 198-213
Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Coping with Territorial Fragmentation in the Czech Republic....Pages 214-233
A Comparative Analysis of Territorial Choice in Europe — Conclusions....Pages 234-259
Back Matter....Pages 260-283