Review article
https://doi.org/10.31297/hkju.16.1.4
Decentralisation of City Administration and Competences of Decentralised City Units
Dejan Vučetić
; Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
Abstract
A balanced city system, coordination, and cooperation between
city units are necessary preconditions for effective
governance, as well as for avoiding internal imbalances and
underdevelopment. The first part the paper focuses on the
legal position of inner city units in European cities (primarily
those in Central Europe), with specific reference to the
effectiveness of administration and democratic processes.
The second part analyses city administration and competences
of city units in Serbian cities, internally divided into
city municipalities. Neither Serbian local government regulations
nor legal theory have sufficiently defined the legal
nature and position of city municipalities. The analysis focuses
on the statutes regulating the internal organisation of
six cities for the purpose of examining the administrative
bodies and competences of city municipalities. These statutes
do not regulate all the issues necessary for the successful
operation of city municipalities; moreover, some
municipalities exist only in statutes and not in reality.
Keywords
decentralisation; local government; cities; city municipalities; public administration
Hrčak ID:
162142
URI
Publication date:
9.3.2016.
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