Bulletin n. 2-3/2012
October 2012-February 2013
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
    • Woelk Jens
    La cooperazione inter-municipale in Germania: alla ricerca di un equilibrio fra autonomia ed efficienza
    in Istituzioni del federalismo , n. 3 ,  2012 ,  549 - 582
    Conceptually, inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) remains an exception in the German system of local government. The rule is the fulfilment of all tasks concerning the local community by the municipality protected in its autonomy through an essential core of guaranteed functions. The legislation in many Länder has provided for various forms of IMC in private as well as in public law, usually on a voluntary basis (sometimes stimulated by incentives). The article analyses the territorial reforms enacted in the 1970s and 1990s, which were intended to reduce the number of municipalities and increase their size in order to improve their administrative capacity and efficiency. The main forms of IMC are presented and illustrated before some problems related to specific issues of IMC are discussed, in particular concerning EU law. In conclusion, some critical observations are made regarding the effects of IMC on the institutional equilibria at the local level.
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