Institutional crumbling, overlapping skills, lack of visibility: the specificities of the French territorial organization are well known. But what will change the reform project presented by the government ? Patrick Le Lidec, specialist in decentralization policies, delivers his analysis here.
Patrick Le Lidec is responsible for research at Cnrsmember of Cersa (Cnrs / Paris 2). He has been working for fifteen years on decentralization policies, for transformations of public action and on local authorities’ reform strategies. The list of his publications is available on his web page. See also the list of his publications on the Cairn site.
Summary of questions:
- What are the origins of the French territorial organization ?
- How did the decentralization laws have changed this organization ?
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Has decentralization improved the effectiveness of
public action ?
- The territorial public service, an example for the reform of the State ?
- What motivates the current reform of local authorities ?
- From the Balladur committee to the bill currently discussed: what has changed ?
- The territorial advisor, a revolution ?
- What would be a left -wing territorial reform ?
What are the origins of the French territorial organization ?
How did the decentralization laws have changed this organization ?
Has decentralization improved the effectiveness of
public action ?