Governance in Transition

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Buček, Ján (Editor), Ryder, Andrew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Geography,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Economic geology.; Earth Sciences.; Economic Geology.

Since the 1980s, there has been a global trend to give more power to local governments.  Even in Korea and the United Kingdom, the most centralised countries in the OECD, local government powers have increased, with substantial economic benefits. Within the European Union, the principle of subsidiar...