Studying Reforms, Experiments and Change in Local Democracy and Local Public Sector Reforms in Europe: Theories, Methods, Trends
Phd course/Training School:
A Joint Seminar Organized by the Dept of Political Science and the Democracy Programme, University of Oslo, the COST Action on Local Public Sector Reforms in Europe, and the Norwegian Centre in Paris.
Further information: Professor Harald Baldersheim, the Democracy Programme at UiO :
harald.baldersheim@stv.uio.no, or
Norwegian participants may apply for financial support from the Norwegian Centre; other participants may apply to the COST project: schwab@foev-speyer.de.
Preliminary Programme
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Date |
Hour |
Session |
Lecturers/dicussants |
Topic |
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30 Sep |
10 |
Opening |
Prof. Sabine Kuhlmann, Prof. Harald Baldersheim |
Course objectives; the COST project |
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Theme Day 1: Decentralizing European states |
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11 |
Lecture 1 |
Prof. Gérard Marcou |
Trends in decentralization in European states |
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12 |
Lecture 2 |
Prof. Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas |
The financial crisis: stimulating or strangling decentralization? The Greek case |
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13 |
Break |
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14 |
Lecture 3 |
Prof. Martin Laffin |
Central-local relations in an era of governance |
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15 |
Student presentations |
Prof. Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas , comments |
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16 |
Student presentation |
Prof. Martin Laffin, comments |
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17 |
Summing up |
Prof. Gérard Marcou |
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Theme Day 2: Trends in local reforms |
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1 Oct |
10 |
Lecture 4 |
Prof. Geert Bouckhaert |
After NPM: What’s next? |
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11 |
Lecture 5 |
Prof. Hellmut Wollmann |
Remunicipalization of service delivery? |
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12 |
Lecture 6 |
Prof. Emil Turc |
Local reforms and theories of organizational change |
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13 |
Break |
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14 |
Lecture 7 |
Ass. prof. Jostein Askim |
Learning from local reforms, locally and nationally |
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15 |
Student presentations |
Ass. prof. Jostein Askim, comments |
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16 |
Student presentations |
Prof. Emil Turc, comments |
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17 |
Summing up |
Prof. Geert Bouckhaert |
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Theme Day 3: Democratic renewal |
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2 Oct |
10 |
Lecture 8 |
Prof. Lawrence E. Rose |
Varieties of local citizenship |
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11 |
Lecture 9 |
Prof. Andreas Ladner |
Direct democracy and local reforms |
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12 |
Lecture 10 |
Prof. Harald Baldersheim |
E-governance in a citizens’ perspective |
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13 |
Break |
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14 |
Lecture 11 |
Prof. Pawel Swianiewicz |
Neighbourhood councils: a key to effective city governance? |
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15 |
Student presentations |
Prof. Lawrence E. Rose, comments |
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16 |
Student presentations |
Prof. Andreas Ladner, comments |
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17 |
Summing up, looking ahead |
Prof. Harald Baldersheim, Prof. Emil Turc |
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