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Conditions in the municipal sector and the relationships between the state and the municipalities have been analysed in a number of different perspectives by the contributors to this book — economical, democratic, and legal. In this concluding chapter, we summarise some of the findings and present a handful of theses on state-local relationships. These theses to some extent draw upon the earlier chapters but are also based on the international literature.
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Molander, P. (2004). A Summary, and Four Theses on State-Local Relationships. In: Molander, P. (eds) Fiscal Federalism in Unitary States. ZEI Studies in European Economics and Law, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0503-7_9
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