Bulletin n. 1/2009
July 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Maurel Marie-Claude
    L’action publique «par le bas»: l’approche LEADER en Europe centrale
    in Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest , vol. 39, n. 4, Decembre ,  2008 ,  33-61
    A new local development model – LEADER (Links between Actions for the Development of the Rural Economy) – based on a bottom-up approach has introduced a completely new process in the formerly Communist countries of central Europe. The underway “Europeanization” process is a catalyst for transmitting this model of endogenous development, which seeks to develop the specific advantages of local areas and tap the initiatives conveyed by decentralized actors. The concept of “territorial governance” is part of this new approach to public interventions in a multilevel system. At the juncture between EU policies, national programs and bottom-up initiatives from local actors (elected officials, project leaders, etc.), an empirical approach must detect and interpret the new territorial structures involved in the changing governance of these areas. How is the model being transferred? With what effects? Empirical data are used to analyze the context wherein actors receive this EU model of local development and to assess its initial effects in terms of learning capacity.
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