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State Organisation in France and Germany between Territorially and Functionality

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Book cover State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany

Part of the book series: Urban and Regional Research International ((URI,volume 7))

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In this introductory chapter the attempt shall be made to identify and to compare some of the basic principles on which the intergovernmental and interorganisational setting of France and Germany has been traditionally built as well their recent development.

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  1. Institut für Sozialwissenschaft, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Deutschland

    Hellmut Wollmann

  2. Institute of Public Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

    Geert Bouckaert

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Wollmann, H., Bouckaert, G. (2006). State Organisation in France and Germany between Territorially and Functionality. In: Hoffmann-Martinot, V., Wollmann, H. (eds) State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany. Urban and Regional Research International, vol 7. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90271-5_1

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