Tag: Local Statehood
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105 – Transforming Local Statehood II: Progressive Possibilities?
While the first episode on the transformations of the local state (episode 104) focussed on current authoritarian takeover in different European contexts, this episode will zoom into the progressive possibilities of local state transformations. The episode discusses institutional changes within the local state, the role of other political actors and geographical scales as well as…
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104 – Transforming Local Statehood I: Towards Authoritarian Takeover?
Across Europe, local states are in a dire predicament, experiencing the consequences of austerity cuts, shortage of staff as well as a lack of trust in (local) government. Overlapping crises such as climate change, military conflicts and displacement, precarious provisions of public services, the production of so-called left-behind spaces and the rise of the far…