Structural and Functional Consolidation Processes
of Local Government Units
in Norway and Croatia. A Comparative Study
1
Akademia Mazowiecka
w Płocku, Wydział Nauk Społecznych
2
Szkoła Główna
Handlowa w Warszawie
Publication date: 2024-09-20
Studia Politologiczne 2024;73
KEYWORDS
local governmentNorway and Croatiastructural and functional consolidationlocal financeendogenous resourceseconomies of scale
ABSTRACT
The aim of the article is to synthesise the process of the introduction of the
reform of the basic territorial division of the state in Norway between 2016 and 2020,
creating a new structure of municipal and regional self-government with a simultaneous
change in some of the tasks carried out at both levels of municipal and provincial (regional)
self-government. We comparatively analyse the process of development of territorial selfgovernment
in Croatia, with a particular focus on changes in the attitude of academia and
politics towards the consolidation of local self-government units. The analysis is based on
the assumptions and categories of neo-institutional methodology. The main thesis of the
paper emphasises the importance of the process of structural and functional consolidation
of local government units carried out in order to optimise the delivery of public services,
enhance the well-being of local communities and exploit economies of scale. The essence
and evolution of local self-government institutions in Norway and Croatia and their
political and theoretical conditions will also be the subject of synthesis in the paper.
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