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Municipal Splits: An Under-Researched Type of Territorial Reform

Local Government
Public Administration
Comparative Perspective
S210
Paweł Swianiewicz
University of Warsaw
Gissur Erlingsson
Linköping Universitet

Building: (Building A) Faculty of Law, Administration & Economics, Floor: 2nd floor, Room: 218

Saturday 11:00 - 12:40 CEST (07/09/2019)

Abstract

Local government boundary reforms are generally geared towards amalgamation / creation of larger local government units, in a drive towards increased efficiency, with fewer instances of de-amalgamation/splits. Accordingly, research on what happens before and after territorial reform is predominantly focused on amalgamation. This panel will explore the opposite direction and look theoretically and empirically at the before and after of municipal splits.

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