Reversing the past. Municipal Splits in Slovakia after 1989

• Authors: Peter Spáč

Abstracts

EN

The research on territorial reforms on the local level has so far focused on municipal amalgamations. However, less is known about municipal splits – a phenomenon that is less frequent, but that occurred in several European countries in recent decades. This paper deals with municipal splits in Slovakia after 1989, and it examines a set of factors that supported municipalities in their effort to obtain independence. The findings show that the massive wave of splits that began shortly after 1989 was primarily motivated by the aim of reversing the consequences of the amalgamation that had been conducted by the Communist regime. Hence, the question of identity was the main trigger leading to municipal splits. On the other hand, the analysis found that economic factors had only a limited role in the establishing of new municipalities in Slovakia.

Keywords

EN

Municipalities; splits; Slovakia; public administration; local politics

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-36

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Peter Spáč

• Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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