Patterns of Local Autonomy in Europe

Part I: Assessing and Measuring Local Autonomy Chapter 1: What is local autonomy? Chapter 2: Measuring local autonomy Part II: Towards the Local Autonomy Index Chapter 3: Legal foundations Chapter 4: Functional responsibilities Chapter 5: Financial control Chapter 6: Organisational choice Chapter 7: Administrative supervision Chapter 8: Vertical access Chapter 9: The Local Autonomy Index (LAI) Part III: The Local Autonomy Index as tool for comparative analysis Chapter 10: A new typology of local government? Beyond North-South and East-West Chapter 11: Who governs? Patterns of responsiveness and accountability Chapter 12: Roadmap to local autonomy? Drivers of variation Chapter 13: Blessings of local autonomy? Does it matter? For what? How? Chapter 14: Conclusions: Local Autonomy - patterns, dynamics and ambiguities