The Peculiar Evolution of Slovenian Local Government - Couverture rigide

Kukovic, Simona; Hacek, Miro

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1666931616 ISBN 13 : 9781666931617

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2023

Synopsis

After Slovenia's independence in 1991 from Yugoslavia, the introduction of local government was one of the most challenging tasks in the new country, as it meant a radical change from the socialist municipal system to the classical European type of local government. Simona Kukovic and Miro Hacek offer a comprehensive analysis of the functioning of local government from historical, normative, systemic, and dynamic perspectives. The authors analyze the historical-normative foundations of the existence of local government and, building on this, examine the functional dynamics of the central organs of local government. In particular, they analyze the position of local mayors in terms of role and the powers assigned to the mayor by law, leadership characteristics, the evolution of eligibility, and relations with other local actors. This is followed by an analysis of the municipal council, in which Kukovic and Hacek outline the function and responsibilities and highlight some features of the inner workings of this collective decision-making body. The authors devote special attention and a wealth of empirical data to local democracy, which is particularly vibrant, somewhat peculiar, and undoubtedly one of the strongest elements of Slovenia's still relatively fragile democracy. The book thus provides a holistic and thorough overview of local government, which in three decades has become an important part of the political system and, in practice, an important vehicle of local development within Slovenia.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Simona Kukovic is Associate Professor and is affiliated with the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Miro Hacek is Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1666931616
• ISBN 13: 9781666931617
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 118
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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