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The French Republic, one yet divisible?

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Reforming Local Government in Europe

Part of the book series: Urban and Research International ((URI,volume 4))

Abstract

All European states have in the last twenty years started a global process of evaluation and change to their local government systems, inherited from a long institutional tradition.

“I propose to you an innovating step of decentralization, based, in our country, on two requirements — we should compare ourselves neither to Germany, nor to Italy and Spain —; in our country, our territorial organization is inspired by two values: the need for consistency so that every French citizen, whatever his territory, gets equal rights, and the need for proximity so that it is possible to take decisions at grassroot level” (Speech of Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister, Paris, National Assembly, 3 July 2002).

“Our French state has remained monarchical and pontifical, even feudal; but it is precisely that difficult reality that has to be erased” (Pierre Legendre. 1976. Jouir du pouvoir. Traité de la bureaucratie pa- triote. Paris: Les Editions de Minuit: 100).

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  1. Institute for Political Science, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Norbert Kersting

  2. Department of Social Science. Institute for Political Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Angelika Vetter

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Hoffmann-Martinot, V. (2003). The French Republic, one yet divisible?. In: Kersting, N., Vetter, A. (eds) Reforming Local Government in Europe. Urban and Research International, vol 4. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-11258-7_8

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