Decentralization and Territorial Development in Romania.Trends and Challenges
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4335/14.3.473-492(2016)Keywords:
decentralization, territorial development, administrative capacity, policyAbstract
By this research we intend to provide a theoretical, methodological and applicative model for analyzing the process of decentralization and territorial development in Romania. Our analysis begins with the conceptual framing of decentralization, and it moves towards identifying the problems related to Romania’s territorial development in the context of administrative decentralization. Decentralization is a stumbling block for post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, yet in a more complex sense decentralization is both insufficient and excessive. European regional policies and the new concepts of changing the type of intervention do set a different view of how territorial development might look like in Romania. Nevertheless, the local and regional levels are at a standstill due to mismanagement of decentralization in the context of territorial reforms. The paper discusses the objectives and results, as well as the effects and limits of territorial development and decentralization.
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Matei, A. (2003) Analiza sistemelor administraţiei publice (București: Editura Economicã).
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Swianiewicz, P. (2002) Is There a Third Way Between Small yet Ineffective and Big yet Less Democratic? Comparative Conclusions and Lessons Learned, In: Swianiewicz (ed.) Consolidation or Fragmentation? The Size of Local Governments in Central and Eastern Europe (Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Institute Budapest).
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