Local Governance in Spain  [electronic resource] / 
edited by 聲gel Iglesias Alonso. 
 - 1st ed. 2022. 
 - XIV, 280 p. 1 illus.  online resource. 
 - Local and Urban Governance,  2524-5457 .
 - Local and Urban Governance, .
<br/><br/>Chapter 1. Introduction (聲gel Iglesias) -- Chapter 2. The institutional architecture of local governments in Spain (Marta M幯dez) -- Chapter 3. Local governance in a context of multilevel governance (聲gel Valencia and Francisco Collado) -- Chapter 4. The problem of governance in metropolitan areas and small municipalities (Adela Romero and 聲gel Iglesias) -- Chapter 5. Inter-municipal cooperation (Marta M幯dez) -- Chapter 6. Structure of local government finance (聲gel Iglesias) -- Chapter 7. Local elections and political leadership (聲gel Iglesias) -- Chapter 8. Local governance in crisis situations: the case of the COVID 19 pandemic (聲gel Iglesias and Roberto Barbeito) -- Chapter 9. The future of local governance in Spain in the European perspective (聲gel Iglesias) -- Chapter 10. Conclusions. 
<br/><br/> The book addresses in detail local governance in Spain. In recent decades, local governments in Europe have increasingly found themselves under pressure from a multitude of new challenges, such as demographic change, climate change, fiscal austerity policies, digitization, the demand for more citizen participation in local affairs, and the migration crisis in some of them, to name just a few. Consequently, a wave of political and administrative reforms to address these challenges, pressures and problems, has changed local governance in many countries. In part, these changes were the result of reform policies introduced by national and state governments, often triggered by austerity policies, which has become an overwhelming reality for Spanish local governments that have been forced to introduce innovations in local governance. This book aims to give an account of these innovations in local governance in Spain. This book considers the local political-administrative structure in its dimensions, focusing on the analysis of its party system, electoral competition and political behavior in the local arena, as well as on local finances, all of which are determining elements in urban and rural governance processes. On the occasion of the recent crisis unleashed by Covid-19, the book will also deal with local governance in crisis situations. The book will also contextualize local governance processes in Spain in relation to the trends in local governance observed in other European countries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783031148040 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science.<br/>Urban policy.<br/>Geography.<br/>Governance and Government.<br/>Urban Policy.<br/>Regional Geography.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.4