Scientific Journal SPATIAL ECONOMICS - Modern territorial reforms of local self-government in Germany and Russia

In the section	Articles
Title of the article	Modern Territorial Reforms of Local Self-Governmentin Germany and Russia
Pages	40—61
Author 1	Emil Markvart Doctor of Economics, Candidate of Judicial Sciences, Professor The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy And Public Administration Vernadskogo avenue 82, Moscow, Russia, 119606 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Author 2	Jochen Franzke Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor University of Potsdam August-Bebel-Str., 89, 14482, Potsdam, Germany This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract	The article explores theoretical approaches to the territorial reforms of local self-government developed by the European municipal science, as well as practical experience of the current stage of enlargement of municipalities in Germany (new federal states, especially Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Thuringia) and Russia (e.g. Moscow Region). Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the arguments of supporters and opponents of enlargement, the economic, social, managerial and political effects of this process. On the basis of modern research, it is concluded that the claim of saving of budget resources as a result of consolidation of municipalities is untenable, much like the claim of a number of negative consequences from the point of view of local democracy. At the same time, negative demographic trends require enlargements of municipalities in sparsely populated areas. The article also contains a number of practical conclusions and recommendations
Code	332.1+338.2
DOI	10.14530/se.2017.3.040-061
Keywords	local self-government ♦ local authorities ♦ municipality ♦ territorial reforms ♦ territorial organization of local self-government ♦ depopulation ♦ Germany ♦ Russia
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For citation	Markvart E., Franzke J. Modern Territorial Reforms of Local Self-Government in Germany and Russia. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2017, no. 3, pp. 40–61. DOI: 10.14530/se.2017.3.040-061. (In Russian).
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