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100 1 _aBackhaus, Jürgen Georg.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aTwo Centuries of Local Autonomy
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Jürgen Georg Backhaus.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York,
_c2012.
300 _aX, 114p. 1 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aThe European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences ;
_v13
520 _aOne of the last Prussian Reforms during the Napoleonic Era was the constitution of local autonomy for the cities. Proof of its lasting importance is that it was the cities that carried out the deficit-based employment policies of the early 1930s also had to carry the burden of a democratic reconstitution of Germany in the postwar period. After the crushing defeat at Napoleon’s hands, likewise the reconstitution of Prussia fell to the cities. Today, the same constellation of problems can be found on different stages.  Europe, as it is growing together, faces a democracy deficit which ultimately will have to be addressed by the cities.  The countries in transition and undergoing transformation likewise will have to find arenas for democratic decision making, which likely will be at the municipal level. Finally, the United States of America also faces a quagmire at the federal level which ultimately will have to be resolved at the state or local level. Contributions to this book examine all of these issues, making it of interest to students in urban studies, public administration, history and political science as well as policy-makers concerned with local government and autonomy.
650 0 _aSocial sciences.
650 1 4 _aSocial Sciences.
650 2 4 _aPolitical Science, general.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781461402923
830 0 _aThe European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences ;
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0293-0
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