Title:
Roadmap to Local Autonomy? Drivers of Variation
Languages of Item:
English
Abstract:
The previous chapters of the book have identified substantial and persistent patterns of variation in terms of local autonomy and its components across the 39 countries covered by the present study. This chapter seeks to explain the variation of local autonomy by trying to identify drivers of variation. Six hypotheses are explored in this regard with the database available. The hypotheses state that local autonomy varies in response to voter preferences, requirements of modernisation, state traditions, path dependency, games of multilevel governance, or citizen trust. State traditions, multilevel governance and citizen trust are the factors that best account for the cross-country variation in local autonomy. © 2019, The Author(s).
Authors:
Ladner, A.
Keuffer, N.
Baldersheim, H.
Hlepas, N.
Swianiewicz, P.
Steyvers, K.
Navarro, C.
Journal:
Governance and Public Management
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Official URL (Publisher):
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-95642-8_12
