Municipal splits and hidden amalgamations in Hungary

Dobos Gábor ()
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Dobos Gábor: Institute for Political Science, Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2021, vol. 25, issue 1, 37-45

Abstract: In 1990, a decentralized local government system was introduced in Hungary. One of the main issues of the system was fragmentation at local level. This paper examines the attempts made by the central government to deal with this issue in the last thirty years. First, the study analyses the municipal splits and maps the dynamics, the reasons, and the environmental and political factors affecting these secessions. Second, it examines the government’s attempts at reform to reduce the effects of fragmentation. The paper argues that the Fidesz-KDNP electoral victory in 2010 was a milestone in the handling of territorial issues: municipal splits became virtually impossible with the new regulation of the secession process, and de facto territorial consolidation reform was carried out through alteration of the local electoral system and functional rescaling and merging of the mayors’ offices.

Keywords: Local government; municipal split; local reform; Hungary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0035

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