«Urban Settlement versus Municipal District» in the Context of Power Vertical: Policentricity in Local Politics
Keywords:
local government, local elites, strategies of regional authorities, vertical power structure, ‘nested polycentricity’Abstract
In the two-level system of local government situations occur that can be identified as ‘nested polycentricity’, when one power center (urban settlement) is located in-side the other (municipal district). In the context of ‘vertical power structure’, the role of the third power center – regional authorities – is to be also taken into ac-count. The article suggests a theoretical model that allows for describing and ex-plaining inter-elite interactions in the aspect of polycentricity. The study demon-strates that the main factors are the configuration of centers / elites, the character of a conflict between tiers of authority, as well as a degree to which centers penetrate into each otherDOI: 10.17072/2218-1067-2016-1-83-96References
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