Fiscal Consolidation in German and Greek Municipalities: The Interplay of Leadership and Legitimacy
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https://doi.org/10.4335/14.4.893-916(2016)Keywords:
lokalna vlada, vodenje, legitimnost, davčna politika, varčevanjeAbstract
This article assesses the interplay between different leadership styles and three dimensions of legitimacy (input-, throughput- and output-legitimacy). In four German and six Greek cities, we investigate the role of mayors and treasurers in fiscal consolidation policy. We can explain different outcomes of fiscal policy with different institutional structures between the two countries, but we found also remarkable differences within the countries, especially in Greek municipalities, which are related to different leadership styles. However, we also show that different leadership styles can result in sufficient output-legitimacy of fiscal policies.
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Hesse, J. J. & Sharpe, L. J. (1991) Local Government in International Perspective, In: Hesse, J. J., & Sharpe, L. J. (eds.) Local government and urban affairs in international perspective: Analyses of twenty western industrialised countries (Baden-Baden: Nomos), pp. 603–621.
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Hlepas, N. K. & Getimis, P. (2011) Impacts of Local Government Reforms in Greece: An Interim Assessment, Local Government Studies, 37(5), pp. 517–532.
John, P. (2001) Local governance in Western Europe (London: Sage Publications).
John, P. & Cole, A. (1999) Political leadership in the new urban governance: Britain and France compared, Local Government Studies, 25(4), pp. 98–115.
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Page, E. C. & Goldsmith, M. J. (eds) (1987) Central and local government relations: A comparative analysis of West European unitary states (London: Sage Publications).
Seils, E. (2005) Haushaltspolitik: Akteure und Institutionen des parlamentarischen Haushaltspolitik: Akteure und Institutionen des parlamentarischen Systems der Bundesrepublik im internationalen Vergleich, Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 36(4), pp. 773–791.
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