Prefects, Governors and Commissioners

Territorial Representatives of the State in Europe

Gildas Tanguy, Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XXIV, 458 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-59395-7 (ISBN)

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Is the Prefect an exception, surviving only in France and some countries influenced by Napoleon? No! This book tells the varied stories of the resilience, in most European States and under different names, of the prefectoral institution. It is the first comparative book in English studying these territorial administrators who have a go-between role in centre-periphery relations and a nodal role in territorial governance. Gathering a multidisciplinary team of scholars under the auspices of the European Group for Public Administration, this volume offers a fine-grained analysis of 17 national cases, examines cross-country data, and proposes a theoretical frame made of a Weberian ideal-type with three variants, to better comprehend and explain the permanence and changes of the prefectoral figure.

Jean-Michel.Eymeri-Douzans is Chair Professor and former Vice-Rector at Sciences Po Toulouse, the School of Government at the University of Toulouse, France. He is Chair of the European Group for Public Administration's Permanent Study Group on the Sociology of the State. Gildas Tanguy is Associate Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Toulouse, the School of Government at the University of Toulouse, France. He is also a researcher at the Laboratory of the Social Sciences of the Polity (LaSSP).

Chapter 1. Variations on the prefectoral figure in Europe. Some research questions and an ideal-type for a comparison.- Part 1. Genesis and historicity.- Chapter 2. French prefects. Genesis and institutionalization of a State 'grand corps'.- Chapter 3. Studying the apparition of prefects in Italy between Napoleon and the Unification.- Chapter 4. Civil governors and Public Order in 19^th century Spain. The case of Barcelona.- Chapter 5. Serving the King, serving the people. A historical outline of the Norwegian county governor.- Part 2. Facts & Figures.- Chapter 6. Social and educational backgrounds of the territorial representatives of the State in nowadays Europe.- Chapter 7. A profession or a position? Recruitments and careers of the territorial representatives of the State in nowadays Europe.- Part 3. A culture at work. Between incarnation, compromise & politicization.- Chapter 8. In the flesh. Giving the State bodily form in 19^th-century Europe.- Chapter 9. Dealing with dualities. The daily life of a Dutch King's Commissioner.- Chapter 10. Being a (sub-)prefect in Paris. The self-legitimization of the prefectoral corps' members working within French core ministries, etc.

Erscheinungsdatum	30.12.2020
Reihe/Serie	Governance and Public Management
Zusatzinfo	XXIV, 458 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	733 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	centralised state • commissioners • European public administration • Governors • prefects • sub-national government • territorial representation
ISBN-10	3-030-59395-9 / 3030593959
ISBN-13	978-3-030-59395-7 / 9783030593957
Zustand	Neuware