From post-communist democratic laissez-faire to prevention of territorial fragmentation: tightening the rules of municipal splits in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990
| 31 sty 2021
Miscellanea Geographica
Thematic Issue: Re-inventing territorial organization of the local tier: municipal splits in Central and Eastern Europe. Guest Editors: Pawel Swianiewicz, Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska
O artykule
Data publikacji: 31 sty 2021
Zakres stron: 5 - 17
Otrzymano: 06 maj 2020
Przyjęty: 10 gru 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0046
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© 2021 Paweł Swianiewicz, published by Sciendo
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The article discusses municipal boundary changes in Central and Eastern Europe, concentrating on the heavily under-researched phenomenon of municipal splits. The first part describes the basic facts of municipal secessions in the region analysed. The second part presents a model explaining the national and municipal level factors behind the variation in the occurrence of successful split initiatives. It distinguishes between national institutional settings, economic, identity (cultural) and local political factors.