If territorial fragmentation is a problem, is amalgamation a solution? – Ten years later

Swianiewicz, Paweł

doi:10.1080/03003930.2017.1403903

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“…This type of reforms has been subject of numerous studies (e.g. [1], [12], [13]). Their consequences have been heavily researched, even if academics still have not reached the consensus on the impacts of amalgamation on costs, capacity to deliver services or local democracy.…”

Section: Municipal Boundary Reforms In Europe 1998-2018mentioning

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Municipal Divorces – The Under Researched Toipic of Territorial Reforms in Europe

Swianiewicz¹

2019

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Territorial-administrative organization belongs to the most important and highly debated topics of political geography. The paper focuses on boundary changes on a municipal level. Territorial amalgamation reforms have attracted a lot of attention of scholars from different disciplines, recently resulting also in meta-analyses of studies of impacts of those reforms. But the opposite process -of territorial fragmentation (splits or "divorces" of municipalities) has not attracted sufficient attention of academic community. And in the practice of Central and Eastern Europe this type of reforms has been at least equally frequent and equally important as territorial consolidation reforms. Immediately after 1989/1990 turn-over we could note massive territorial fragmentation in several countries of former Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and some others. But also more recently, within last 20 years there have been several cases of "municipal divorces". The paper provides inventory and draws general picture of such changes in 7 countries of the region () and discusses both factors beyond the divorce initiatives as well as possible consequences for local democracy and local public service provision.

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Section: Municipal Boundary Reforms In Europe 1998-2018mentioning

confidence: 99%

Municipal Divorces – The Under Researched Toipic of Territorial Reforms in Europe

Swianiewicz¹

2019

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“…I u drugim zemljama puno se vremena utrošilo na raspravu o teritorijalnim reformama, a da u isto vrijeme nisu provedene značajne promjene (Norveška, npr.) (Swianiewicz, 2010) ili su već najavljene promjene odgođene (Finska) ili se, pak, od njih u cijelosti ili djelomice odustalo (Italija, Španjolska). U svakom slučaju, proces traži ravnotežu između opsega decentralizacije i kapaciteta jedinica jer oboje je međusobno povezano ključnim faktorom -brojem stanovnika.…”

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“…Dakle, s jedne strane veće jedinice mogle bi učiniti javnu upravu kvalitetnijom. Istodobno, poželjna posljedica decentralizacije -rast kvalitete usluga i veći raspon funkcija -bio bi argument u promociji jačanja lokalne demokracije i većoj odgovornosti lokalnih vlasti i građana (Keating, 1995;Koprić, 2012;Swianiewicz, 2002Swianiewicz, , 2010.…”

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Funkcionalna decentralizacija u Hrvatskoj

Jambrač

2017

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Promjene Ustava krajem 2000. označile su početak decentralizacije čija je realizacija započela sredinom 2001. Na lokalnu i područnu (regionalnu) razinu djelomice je preneseno financiranje osnovnog i srednjeg školstva, zdravstva i socijalne skrbi. Godinu dana poslije neke lokalne jedinice preuzele su financiranje vatrogastva. Analiziraju se rashodi po stanovniku u ta četiri sektora. Analiziraju se i rashodi po sektorima te nastalim promjenama u odnosu prema broju stanovnika. Uspoređuje se početna stanja rashoda za svaku funkciju te kriteriji po kojima je decentralizacija započela sa stanjem 2015. Pokazuje se da je povećana neravnoteža i nejednakost u financiranju decentraliziranih funkcija. Decentralizacija je zahvatila manje od deset posto jedinica, a zbog nedostatka kapaciteta lokalnih jedinica decentralizirane funkcije preuzele su županije. Početni odnosi troškova uglavnom su zadržani, decentralizacija nije podigla razinu učinkovitosti niti je znatnije povećala udio lokalnih financija. * Josip Jambrač, doktorski student Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta

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“…v Bulharsku, Polsku, Litvě, Srbsku či Černé Hoře. Naopak v zemích jako Česká republika, Slovensko, Maďarsko nebo Makedonie došlo k nárůstu fragmentace (Swianiewicz, 2010). Česká republika je příkladem země, kde po přijetí prvního zákona o obcích (1990) došlo k osamostatnění obcí, které byly v 70. a 80. letech násilně přičleněny ke střediskovým obcím.…”

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“…Poskytují jim zvláštní dotační programy anebo hledají nové právní formy, umožňující snazší navazování kooperačních vztahů. Meziobecní spolupráce se tak stává plnohodnotnou alternativou ke slučování obcí (Hulst, van Monfort 2007, Swianiewicz, 2010 …”

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Experience of Selected European Countries With Merging Municpalities and Inter-Municipal Cooperation. Case Studies from Italy, Austria and Switzerland

Ježek¹

2016

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If territorial fragmentation is a problem, is amalgamation a solution? – Ten years later

Cited by 59 publications

References 23 publications

Municipal Divorces – The Under Researched Toipic of Territorial Reforms in Europe

Municipal Divorces – The Under Researched Toipic of Territorial Reforms in Europe

Funkcionalna decentralizacija u Hrvatskoj

Experience of Selected European Countries With Merging Municpalities and Inter-Municipal Cooperation. Case Studies from Italy, Austria and Switzerland

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