Decentralizing Governance within the European Union’s Framework: Evidence from Greece

Giorgio Oikonomou

International Journal of Public Administration, 2020, vol. 43, issue 7, 621-633

Abstract: The administrative reform launched in 2010 (“Kallikratis” programme) in Greece stands out as a major decentralization initiative. Notably, amalgamations at the local level were set at the forefront of the reform. This paper aims at shedding light on the issue of decentralizing governance by examining the implications of the “Kallikratis” reform programme on local authorities in terms of their domestic financial mobilization. Drawing empirical evidence from their implementation in European structural programmes, it is argued that the decentralization effort had an asymmetrical impact on local institutions, favouring principally the small-sized local authorities vis-à-vis the bigger in population local bodies.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2019.1644653

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