Close Ties in European Local Governance

1. Interactions of societal actors and local government in institutionalized governance arrangements: the book's scope and content.- 2. Diversity in local state-society relations: A typology to grasp differences in institutional networks.- 3. How to measure the autonomy, coherence and relevance of local state-society relations?.- 4. Local state- society relations in Austria.- 5. Local state- society relations in Flanders (Belgium).- 6. Local state- society relations in Croatia.- 7. Local state- society relations in Czech Republic.- 8. Local state- society relations England.- 9. Local state- society relations in Finland.- 10. Local state- society relations in France.- 11. Local state- society relations in Germany.- 12. Local state- society relations in Greece.- 13. Local state- society relations in Iceland.- 14. Local state- society relations in Ireland.- 15. Local state- society relations in Italy.- 16. Local state- society relations in Latvia.- 17. Local state- society relations in Lithuania.- 18. Local state- society relations in Netherlands.- 19. Local state- society relations in Norway.- 20. Local state- society relations in Poland.- 21. Local state- society relations in Portugal.- 22. Local state- society relations in Romania.- 23. Local state- society relations in Spain.- 24. Local state- society relations in Sweden.- 25. Local state- society relations in Switzerland.- 26. Local state- society relations in European countries: Main findings.