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Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe

Comparing Performance in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia

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Authors:
  1. Tomila V. Lankina

    1. De Montfort University, England

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  2. Anneke Hudalla
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  3. Hellmut Wollmann

    1. Humboldt University, Germany

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Methodology and Case Selection

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 1-30

  3. Local Government Performance in Social Policy

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 31-58

  4. Local Government Performance in Economic Promotion

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 59-81

  5. Socioeconomic Contexts

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 82-98

  6. Intergovernmental Setting and Local Performance

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 99-138

  7. Parties and the Politics of Local Performance

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 139-174

  8. Conclusions

    • Tomila V. Lankina, Anneke Hudalla, Hellmut Wollmann
    Pages 175-182

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 183-216
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This book examines local government performance in key areas of social services and economic promotion in eight towns in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia. It dispels the myth that socio-economic 'givens' or inter-governmental systems are key determinants of local development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • De Montfort University, England

    Tomila V. Lankina

  • Humboldt University, Germany

    Hellmut Wollmann

About the authors

TOMILA V. LANKINA is a research fellow with the Local Governance Research Unit, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. She is the author of Governing the Locals: Local Self-Government and Ethnic Mobilization in Russia (2004). Her current research focuses on comparative local governance and on the impact of transnational and supranational actors on local democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

ANNEKE HUDALLA is a scholar and journalist specializing on the politics of the Czech Republic. She is the author of Außenpolitik in den Zeiten der Transformation: Die Europapolitik der Tschechischen Republik 1993-2001 (Foreign Policy in the Time of Transition: European Policy of the Czech Republic, 1993-2001).

HELLMUT WOLLMANN is Emeritus Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Institute for the Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. He is coeditor of Local Democracy in Post-Communist Europe and co-author of Governing after Communism: Institutions and Policy-making.

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