Regieren in modernen Gesellschaften wird zunehmend komplexer. Dies zeigt sich in der
Gewaltenteilung in demokratischen Regierungssystemen, der funktionalen Differenzierung …

Much of the literature on the impact of institutions on economic development has focused on
the tradeoffs between society and community as mutually opposed forms of institutional …

This book is an updated version of my 2009 Habilitation treatise at the Otto von Guericke
University of Magdeburg, Germany. When I started working on the project some ten years …

Zusammenfassung Die Vorstellung, dass politische Prozesse in Organisationen oder
Regierungssystemen auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen ablaufen, scheint die Unterscheidung …

Much of the recent worldwide trend towards devolution has been driven by the belief that
fiscal decentralisation is likely to have a positive effect on government efficiency and …

Abstract B äck H., D ebus M., M üller J. and B äck H. Regional government formation in
varying multilevel contexts: a comparison of eight European countries, Regional Studies …

Multi-level governance appeared in the 1990s as a concept which sought to capture the
changing relationships between different territorial levels of government in the EU. The …

Local government is generally considered the oldest and most enduring element in
European administration, its roots going as far back as the thirteenth century (Bennett 1993 …

This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we
govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes …

Die Fortschritte der europäischen Integration haben ein politisches System erzeugt, das
stärker fusioniert ist als ein Staatenbund. Aber mit der EU ist bislang kein neuer …