New Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations : : Crisis and Reform.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance Series
• Author: Kuhlmann, Sabine.
• TeilnehmendeR: Laffin, Martin.; Wayenberg, Ellen.; Bergström, Tomas.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (227 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Praise for New Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: A Policy-Focused Approach -- Introduction -- Centralised Policy Process -- Conflicted Policy Process -- Multi-layered Policy Process -- Policy-Focused Approach: New Issues and Changing IGR Processes -- English Central-Local Relations as a Centralised Policy Process -- Covid-19 and Public Health -- Migration -- Climate Policy -- Digitalisation -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Local Government in England: An Existential Crisis? -- Introduction -- The Structural Weaknesses of English Local Government -- Network Governance or a New Centralism? -- A New Politics of Territory or an Old Politics of Party? -- Conclusion: Local Government's Existential Crisis -- References -- Chapter 3: Towards Place-Sensitive Crisis Management? Pandemic Policies in Five Nordic Countries -- Introduction -- The Nordic Setting, And What to Expect -- Analysis and Findings -- Mobilisation of Bias? -- Centralism? -- Conflicted IGRs: Bias and Centralism by Country -- Access: An Explanatory Variable? -- Patterns and Drivers of IGR Conflicts -- Findings: Drivers of Conflict -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix: Regression Analysis and Data Sources -- About the Surveys -- References -- Chapter 4: Intergovernmental Relations in Flanders: What Can Be Learned from the Financial Support to Flemish Local Governments During COVID-19? -- Introduction -- Belgium's COVID-19 Response: Conflicted or United? -- Regional-Local Relations in Flanders: The Financial Dimension -- Intergovernmental Grants Reflect Political Choices -- Overview of Intergovernmental Grants: 2014-2022 -- The Flemish COVID-19 Grants for Municipalities -- Methodology -- Analysis of the COVID-19 Funding Schemes -- Funding Schemes.

Classification of Policy Process -- Larger IGR-Trend -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Inter-administrative Relations in Migrant Integration: France, Germany, and Sweden Compared -- Introduction -- Selection of Cases -- Conceptual Framework: Inter-administrative Relations and New Institutionalism -- Inter-administrative Relations as a Missing Link in Comparative IGR Research -- New Institutionalism(s) as an Explanatory Framework -- The 'External Pressure Hypothesis' -- The 'Historical Path Dependence Hypothesis' -- The 'Actor Constellation Hypothesis' -- Shifting Inter-administrative Relations in Migrant Integration -- Starting Conditions: Task Allocation and Coordination -- IAR Shifts and Continuities: Responding to Pressure and Crisis -- Discussion: Explaining IAR-Developments -- The 'External Pressure Hypothesis' -- The 'Historical Path Dependence Hypothesis' -- The 'Actor Constellation Hypothesis' -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Intergovernmental Relations and Refugee Language Training in Finland and Sweden: A Conflicted Policy Process -- Introduction -- The Political Context -- Intergovernmental Relations -- Language Training in Finland -- Language Training in Sweden -- Side Effects of Conflict-Ridden Policy Processes -- Discussion -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: Supportive or Destructive? Intergovernmental Relations During Refugee Crisis in Poland from Local Governments' Perspective -- Introduction -- Crisis Management System in Polish Political and Administrative Settings -- Research Design -- IGR in Refugee Crisis Management: Local Governments' Perspective -- Initial Response: Roles, Responsibilities, and Overlaps in Crisis Management -- Budgetary Strains: Tensions in Reimbursement -- From Chaos to Clarity: Implementing Legal Measures in Crisis Response -- Communication Channels: Bridging the Governance.

Discussion and Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Intergovernmental Relations in Urban Climate Policy: How Berlin and Paris Formulate and Implement Climate Strategies -- Introduction -- Institutional Characteristics and Legal Framework of Urban Climate Policy in Berlin and Paris -- Recent IGR Policy Trajectories in Urban Climate Strategies -- Berlin: the Centralized Formulation and Conflicted Implementation of the Urban Climate Strategy (BEK 2030) -- Paris: Centralization Followed by a Partial Decentralization of the "Plan Climat" -- Berlin and Paris in Comparative Perspective -- From Centralization to Decentralization and Increased Coordination: Vertical Intergovernmental Relations in Berlin and Paris -- Decoupling or Coordination: Horizontal Intergovernmental Relations in Berlin and Paris -- Challenges to a Cross-cutting Climate Policy: Institutional Capacity, Coordination, and Wider Participation -- Conclusion: Centralized, Conflicted, and Multilayered Policy Processes in Urban Climate Policy -- References -- Chapter 9: Intergovernmental Relations in Digitalization Policy: German Tax Administration Between Centralization and Decentralization -- Introduction -- Conceptual and Methodological Framework -- Methodological Approach -- The German Tax Administration's Digitalization as Multi-layered Policy -- Structure and Actors of the (Digital) Tax Administration -- History of Digitalization Policy in Tax Administration: From Contested to Multi-layered -- Local Implementation of Digitalization Policy -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Building Digital Capacity in the Face of Crisis: Exploring the Impact of Municipal Amalgamations in an Intergovernmental Context -- Introduction -- Amalgamations as Local Digital Capacity-Building Reforms -- Research Framework -- Technology Enactment Framework (TEF) -- Case.

Data Collection and Analysis Strategy -- Digital Capacity of an Amalgamated Municipality in an Intergovernmental Context -- Enhancing Digital Capacity via Municipal Amalgamation -- Building Digital Capacity via Intergovernmental Relations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Conclusions: Intergovernmental Relations: Merits and Limits of the Policy-Focused Approach -- References.