Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States
Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States
Rethinking Decentralization in the Unitary States
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FRANCE<br />
◦ Consist of 22 Regions (exclud<strong>in</strong>g 4 overseas<br />
region); 100 Département; and 36.763 Commune.<br />
◦ Asymmetrical decentralization is to be given to La<br />
Corse (Corsica) Region.<br />
◦ In <strong>the</strong> political organization of France <strong>the</strong> so-called<br />
‘Jacobean logic’ plays an important role. The logic is<br />
best summarized by <strong>the</strong> expression ‘<strong>the</strong> one and<br />
<strong>in</strong>divisible Republic’ which stands for a tendency<br />
towards centralization and uniformity.<br />
◦ Although decentralization reforms 1982 had a<br />
strong regionalist element, <strong>the</strong>y were described <strong>in</strong><br />
terms of Jacobean logic: ‘<strong>the</strong> decentralization would<br />
promote <strong>the</strong> unity and <strong>in</strong>divisibility of <strong>the</strong> Republic’<br />
(Wollmann 2000; Loughl<strong>in</strong> & Peters 1997; <strong>in</strong><br />
Edwards & Hupe 2000).<br />
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