Intercommunality and Decentralisation: A variable geometry in search of democratisation
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| contents | Intercommunality and Decentralisation: A variable geometry in search of democratisation Maurice Goze Estudios Territoriales H7 R5 Intercommunlity local government France JEL classification: H11 From a historical point of view, decentralisation and intercommunality in France have a complex relationship. The main reason is certainly to be found in the tension between two conceptions of intercommunality: - on the one hand, that of intercommunal cooperation, or intercommunality as a project: - and, on the other hand the idea of a cumulative movement towards the integration of fiscal competences and other domains, which would move towards the emergence of a quasi local authority. This in turn would lead, at the supra-communal level, towards the recomposition of territorial organisation. This has been marked by its historical heritage which has consisted of extreme levels of division among the basic units and a number of layers of administration that has been deemed excessive So, in 1976, the Guichard Report envisaged intercommunal regrouping prior to decentralisation. However, in 1982 the Mauroy Commission sought to strengthen this by transferring certain competences, under Act II, to deal with "new foundations for local action". In fact, decentralisation in France took place in two main stages: in 1982, now called Act I, with Act II starting in 2002. Finally, something which was ignored by those who drew up Act I and the first drafts of Act II of decentralisation1 is that in different political contexts the "intercommunal revolution" came about as an incremental product of Act I and then, as a reaction to its avoidance by Act II, it imposed itself as a pioneer in the variable geometry of territorial organisation that was potentially opened up by Act II. 2008 artículo científico 1697-6223 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400901 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=504 Urban Public Economics Review application/pdf Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Urban Public Economics Review (España) Num.9 |
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| spellingShingle | Intercommunality and Decentralisation: A variable geometry in search of democratisation Maurice Goze Estudios Territoriales H7 R5 Intercommunlity local government France JEL classification: H11 Intercommunality and Decentralisation: A variable geometry in search of democratisation Maurice Goze Estudios Territoriales H7 R5 Intercommunlity local government France JEL classification: H11 From a historical point of view, decentralisation and intercommunality in France have a complex relationship. The main reason is certainly to be found in the tension between two conceptions of intercommunality: - on the one hand, that of intercommunal cooperation, or intercommunality as a project: - and, on the other hand the idea of a cumulative movement towards the integration of fiscal competences and other domains, which would move towards the emergence of a quasi local authority. This in turn would lead, at the supra-communal level, towards the recomposition of territorial organisation. This has been marked by its historical heritage which has consisted of extreme levels of division among the basic units and a number of layers of administration that has been deemed excessive So, in 1976, the Guichard Report envisaged intercommunal regrouping prior to decentralisation. However, in 1982 the Mauroy Commission sought to strengthen this by transferring certain competences, under Act II, to deal with "new foundations for local action". In fact, decentralisation in France took place in two main stages: in 1982, now called Act I, with Act II starting in 2002. Finally, something which was ignored by those who drew up Act I and the first drafts of Act II of decentralisation1 is that in different political contexts the "intercommunal revolution" came about as an incremental product of Act I and then, as a reaction to its avoidance by Act II, it imposed itself as a pioneer in the variable geometry of territorial organisation that was potentially opened up by Act II. 2008 artículo científico 1697-6223 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50400901 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=504 Urban Public Economics Review application/pdf Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Urban Public Economics Review (España) Num.9 |
| title | Intercommunality and Decentralisation: A variable geometry in search of democratisation |
| topic | Estudios Territoriales H7 R5 Intercommunlity local government France JEL classification: H11 |
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