From post-communist democratic laissez-faire to prevention of territorial fragmentation: tightening the rules of municipal splits in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990

Paweł Swianiewicz

doi:10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0046

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From post-communist democratic laissez-faire to prevention of territorial fragmentation: tightening the rules of municipal splits in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990

Miscellanea Geographica

Volume 25 (2021): Issue 1 (January 2021)

By: Paweł Swianiewicz

Open Access

|Jan 2021

Abstract

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.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0046 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046

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Language: English

Page range: 5 - 17

Submitted on: May 6, 2020

Accepted on: Dec 10, 2020

Published on: Jan 31, 2021

Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw

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