TY - BOOK ID - 8284612 TI - Two Centuries of Local Autonomy PY - 2012 SN - 1489996273 1461402921 9786613444240 1283444240 146140293X PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Autonomy -- Congresses. KW - Autonomy. KW - Local government -- Congresses. KW - Local government. KW - Public administration -- Congresses. KW - Local government KW - Autonomy KW - Government - U.S. KW - Political Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Local Government - U.S. KW - Political Science - General KW - Local administration KW - Township government KW - Independence KW - Self-government KW - Political science. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Political Science. KW - Subnational governments KW - Administrative and political divisions KW - Decentralization in government KW - Public administration KW - International law KW - Political science KW - Sovereignty KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Deutschland. KW - Political Science, general KW - Deutsche Länder KW - Germany KW - Heiliges Römisches Reich KW - Rheinbund KW - Deutscher Bund KW - Norddeutscher Bund KW - Deutsches Reich KW - Deutschland KW - BRD KW - Federal Republic of Germany KW - Republic of Germany KW - Allemagne KW - Ǧumhūrīyat Almāniyā al-Ittiḥādīya KW - Bundesrepublik Deutschland KW - Niemcy KW - République Fédérale d'Allemagne KW - Repubblica Federale di Germania KW - Germanija KW - Federativnaja Respublika Germanija KW - FRG KW - Deyizhi-Lianbang-Gongheguo KW - Deutsche KW - Deutsches Sprachgebiet KW - 03.10.1990 KW - -Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8284612 AB - One of the last Prussian Reforms during the Napoleonic Era was the constitution of local autonomy for the cities. Proof of its lasting importance is that it was the cities that carried out the deficit-based employment policies of the early 1930s also had to carry the burden of a democratic reconstitution of Germany in the postwar period. After the crushing defeat at Napoleon’s hands, likewise the reconstitution of Prussia fell to the cities. Today, the same constellation of problems can be found on different stages. Europe, as it is growing together, faces a democracy deficit which ultimately will have to be addressed by the cities. The countries in transition and undergoing transformation likewise will have to find arenas for democratic decision making, which likely will be at the municipal level. Finally, the United States of America also faces a quagmire at the federal level which ultimately will have to be resolved at the state or local level. Contributions to this book examine all of these issues, making it of interest to students in urban studies, public administration, history and political science as well as policy-makers concerned with local government and autonomy. ER -