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Diversity in Local State-Society Relations: A Typology to Grasp Differences in Institutional Networks

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Close Ties in European Local Governance

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Interactions of societal actors in institutionalized governance networks with local authorities are one of the most common features of contemporary local governance. The multiple and diverse forms it can take provides relevant clues regarding different roles of local government in Europe, administrative, civic and political cultures, governance arrangements, decentralization processes, state-society relations, and citizens’ engagement practices. Comparative studies on this topic, with an in-depth analysis of institutionalized governance networks, need tools that allow for understanding and grasping its diversity and distinctive characteristics. This chapter develops a typology that allows researchers to systematize evidence and knowledge resulting from the analysis of these networks. The identification of different types of networks will allow a more robust comparison and analysis. This typology allows identifying eight main types of networks, based on their degree of autonomy, group coherence, and policy relevance.

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Funding for the development of this chapter was provided to Filipe Teles by the Research Project ‘DECIDE—Decentralized Territorial Governance: coordination, capacity and accountability of governance arrangements in complex regional settings’ (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032502), funded by POCI-Programa Operacional Competitividade eInternacionalização (FEDER) and by the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal)(PTDC/CPO-CPO/32502/2017).

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  1. Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Filipe Teles

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  1. Research Unit on Governance Competitiveness and Public Policies Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Filipe Teles

  2. Department of Local Development and Policy Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Adam Gendźwiłł

  3. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

    Cristina Stănuș

  4. Institute of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Hubert Heinelt

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Teles, F. (2021). Diversity in Local State-Society Relations: A Typology to Grasp Differences in Institutional Networks. In: Teles, F., Gendźwiłł, A., Stănuș, C., Heinelt, H. (eds) Close Ties in European Local Governance. Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6_2

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