Frequently, increasing local autonomy is recommended to improve democratic legitimacy
and government effectiveness. This paper attempts to verify to what extent these normative …

Executive summary Geographical disparities persist at a range of spatial scales. The
intractability and complexity of such disparities has driven increasing interest in place-based …

In many countries, local authorities are at the forefront of the reception and integration of
migrants, often even formulating their own integration policies (Franzke & La Ruano de …

E-petitions constitute a promising method of increasing public participation and engagement
in government processes. However, there is a lack of knowledge of why some government …

Recent years have shown that strategic responses to crises by local governments (LGs)
depend on the type of crisis, the institutional environment, but also internal capacities and …

In 2015, a reformed local government system was introduced in Northern Ireland following a
lengthy period of review. In the new dispensation, great emphasis is placed on the concept …

Understanding the Polish system of sub-national government requires a dynamic
perspective, looking into the evolution during the most recent 30 years. The contemporary …

A bold and unique introduction to UK Politics. This is the first textbook which breaks free from
the conventional approaches that revolve around the Westminster bubble, instead drawing …

The institutionalization of a local network formalizes the adhesion of the institution to a
different concept of democracy and public action, but also engages in a change of scale …

This is a very rare kind of book. It provides an introduction to British politics while at the same
time challenging a number of dominant assumptions and exploring the emergence of new …