NEW CALL FOR PAPERS 2011/12

RC05 is ready to hold its new conference within the greater umbrella of IPSA's world congress. Our Research committee will have nine panels, all touching different aspects of local government and local politics.

KEY DATES

  • Deadline to submit abstract/paper proposals: October 17, 2011
  • Abstract proposers are notified of final results: December 2, 2011
  • Deadline for paper presenters to upload papers: June 1, 2012

PANEL TITLES

  • Inequality and Decentralized Governance
  • Local Government Amalgamation and its Alternatives: Effects on Democracy and Governance
  • Local leadership in the European Union countries – good and bad practices.
  • Reshaping territorial polities: role and functions of local government in a multilevel governance scenario.
  • The provision of public services; from public/municipal to private– and reverse (“re-municipalization“)?
  • Territorial choice, multilevel governance and local democratic accountability
  • The implications for local democratic participation, legitimacy and effectiveness of local government size
  • Mayors in Comparative Perspective
  • Understanding the governance of megacities

Please see more information in the call for papers section of this website.