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Lecturer(s)
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Toleikiene Rita, Assoc. prof. Ph.D.
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Gumuliauskiene Anželika
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Course content
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The theories of government. The classification of local government system. The division of responsibilities among municipal, provincial and regional governments. The theories of regionalism. The emergence of sub-national and supra-national actors in the European policy-making process. The European Cohesion Policy in a historic perspective. The concept of multilevel governance. The multilevel governance and democratic accountability. The reforms and institutional changes of local and regional government. The europeanisation and regionalisation in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The main aim is to study Multi-Level Governance and to explore the role of the Regions in interactions with the European Union. The course covers the EU, national, regional and local level of governance from a multi-level perspective. The course highlights the different mechanisms which facilitate the exercise of regional competences in a multilevel framework.
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Prerequisites
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A student who successfully completed the subject can: analyze cases based on europeanisation and regionalisation in Central and Eastern Europe, public reforms and institutional changes of local and regional government are analysed. The student who successfully completed the course will: understand theories of government and regionalism, classification of local government systems, the concept of multilevel governance and democratic accountability. A student who successfully completed the subject is able to: comment topics of European Cohesion Policy in a historic perspective and emergence of sub-national and supra-national actors in the European policy-making process.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
The assignment is grated upon positive evaluation of the assigned tasks during the seminars. The examination is in written or oral form.
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Recommended literature
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DEBARDELEBEN J., HURRELMANN A. (2007). Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan..
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DENTERS B., ROSE L. (2005). Comparing Local Governance.Trends and Developments. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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JEFFERY, C. (2015). The Regional Dimension of the European Union- Towards a Third Level in Europe? London: Routledge..
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LANKINA T., HUDALA A. (2008). Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Performance in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia. (St Antony's Series). Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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PANARA C., DE BECKER A. (eds). (2011). The Role of the Regions in EU Governance. London: Springer.
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PANARA C., VARNEY, M. R. (2013). Local Government in Europe: The 'Fourth Level' in the EU Multi-Layered System of Governance. London: Routledge.
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PIATTONI S. (2010). The Theory of Multi-Level Governance: Conceptual, Empirical, and Normative Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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