Intercommunality and the challenges of constructing territorial solidarity. Local cooperation and global competition in the urban areas of Aix-en-Provence and Rennes
REIGNER ; SEGAS
Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
REIGNER ; SEGAS
Résumé / Abstract
A majority of French communes are now involved in intercommunal structures whose aim is to develop solidarity among rich and poor communes (Chevènement law, 1999). Thus, urban communities have fiscal power, levying the local business tax (taxe professionnelle) in their own name instead of those of the communes, with the same level of taxation across the communes of the community. The communities must also manage certain strategic policies previously performed by the communes, such as transportation policy, economic planning and development, housing projects and environmental protection. Despite these important powers and responsibilities, the new intercommunal institutions are made up of representatives of each individual commune. This original lack of democratic legitimacy in this new level of government could explain why intercommunal structures require strong discursive productions. The intercommunal level of government offers a great deal of data for developing an interpretative policy analysis.
Editeur
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
