Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe

1. Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier
Nikos Hlepas, Norbert Kersting, Sabine Kuhlmann, Pawel Swianiewicz, Filipe Teles

2. Reaching Out to Sub-Municipal Decentralization: An Ongoing Challenge in Belgium
Ellen Wayenberg, Trui Steen

3. The “Little Town-Halls” in the Czech Republic: An Unexploited Potential of Functional Decentralization
Jakub Lysek

4. Decentralisation, Democratisation and Delivery: English Sub-municipal Devolution
Colin Copus

5. Sub-municipal Units in Germany: Municipal and Metropolitan Districts
Norbert Kersting, Sabine Kuhlmann

6. Between Identity Politics and the Politics of Scale: Sub-municipal Governance in Greece
Nikos Hlepas

7. Sub-municipal Arrangements in Norway: District System in Oslo
Jan Erling Klausen

8. New Experiments of Maintenance of Old Traditions? Dual System of Sub-municipal Units in Poland
Paweł Swianiewicz

9. Deeply Rooted but Still Striving for a Role: The Portuguese Freguesias Under Reform
Antonio F. Tavares, Filipe Teles

10. Sub-Municipal Units in Slovenia: Experiences from the Past and Policy Advice for the Future
Irena Bačlija Brajnik, Roman Lavtar

11. Rural and Urban Sub-municipal Governance in Spain: The Contrasting Worlds of Lilliput and Brobdingnag
Carmen Navarro, Esther Pano

12. Conclusions
Nikos Hlepas, Pawel Swianiewicz, Norbert Kersting

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, Governance and Government, Public Administration