Local sub-decentralization and sub-municipal divisions in Slovenia

Haček, Miro (author), Grabner, Anja (author)

Since independence gained in 1991, local self-government reform has been considered one of the most important projects of the Slovenian state. A key aspect was the introduction of different forms of local democracy and sub-municipal units into the newly established units of local government. The main goal of this paper is to analyse the process of sub-decentralization - the establishment of sub-municipal units of local government. The paper emphasizes their level of autonomy, which is dependent upon the size of municipality. We will assume that the establishment of sub-municipal units is one of the ways to increase public participation at the municipal level, and analyse: a) why municipalities undertake sub-municipal divisions that are entirely dependent upon their decisions; and b) how the level of sub-municipalautonomy is dependent upon the municipal size. The hypothesis was examined using a survey of 80 Slovenian municipalities and analysis of statistical data acquired from the National Statistical Office

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2013
• Number of pages: Str. 213-230
• Numbering: God. 13, br. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-36005
• UDC: 352(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 1848-0357
• COBISS.SI-ID: 32065629
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava
• Publisher: Institut za javnu upravu ... [etc.]
• ISSN: 1848-0357
• COBISS.SI-ID: 958177

Secondary language

• Language: Croatian

Abstract

Od stjecanja neovisnosti 1991. godine, reforma lokalne samouprave smatra se jednim od najvažnijih projekata slovenske države. Kljucni dio reforme bio je uvođenje razlicitih oblika lokalne demokracije i mjesne samouprave u novoosnovane jedinice lokalne samouprave. Glavni cilj ovog rada jest analizirati proces subdecentralizacije, tj. proces osnivanja jedinica mjesne samouprave. U radu se naglašava razina njihove autonomije koja ovisi o velicini lokalne jedinice. Pretpostavili smo da je osnivanje jedinica mjesne samouprave jedan od nacina da se poveca sudjelovanje građana u lokalnoj razinivlasti i analizirali: a) zašto lokalne jedinice poduzimaju osnivanje jedinica mjesne samouprave koje u potpunosti ovise o njihovim odlukama, te b) na koji nacin razina autonomije jedinica mjesne samouprave ovisi o velicini jedinica lokane samouprave. Hipotezu smo ispitivali koristeci anketu provedenuu 80 slovenskih lokalnih jedinica i analizu statistickih podataka dobivenih od Državnog ureda za statistiku