The idea of democracy and the eighteenth century

Stapelbroek, Koen (2007) The idea of democracy and the eighteenth century. In: Bekkers, Victor, Dijkstra, Geske, Edwards, Arthur, and Fenger, Menno, (eds.) Governance and the Democratic Deficit: Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices. Routledge, Abingdon, England, pp. 61-77.

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Throughout Europe, local authorities are facing problems of scale. Municipalities have a variety of tasks, including service delivery and local policymaking. Furthermore, they represent the local society at other levels of government. Although this is a problem of all time, the downward vertical shift of governance is increasing the scale problem in sub-national tiers of government. This chapter focuses on those strategies in which scale enlargement is the main element. In other words, it addresses strategies in which regional governance serves as a solution to the problem of limited local governmental scale. It then discusses two models: 'consolidation' and 'new regionalism' and links these two approaches to the issue of democratic legitimacy. Some countries have decided to create new layers of government at the regional level, and others have improved inter-municipal cooperation. Responsibilities may be vested exclusively within a regional tier of government, or they may be shared by a number of cooperating authorities.

Item ID: 69914
Item Type: Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN: 978-0-7546-4983-0
Copyright Information: Copyright © Victor Bekkers, Geske Dijkstra, Arthur Edwards and Menno Fenger 2007. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Governance and the Democratic Deficit: Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices in 2007, available online: http://www.routledge.com/10.4324/9781315585451
Date Deposited: 21 Jun 2022 06:15
FoR Codes: 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430308 European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman) @ 100%
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