'Lviv Regional Institute for Public Administration - LRIPA NAPA'
Abstract
Since independence gained in 1991, local self-government
reform has been considered one of the most important
projects of the Slovenian state. A key aspect was the
introduction of different forms of local democracy and
sub-municipal units into the newly established units of local
government. The main goal of this paper is to analyse
the process of sub-decentralization – the establishment of
sub-municipal units of local government. The paper emphasizes
their level of autonomy, which is dependent upon
the size of municipality. We will assume that the establishment
of sub-municipal units is one of the ways to increase
public participation at the municipal level, and analyse: a)why municipalities undertake sub-municipal divisions that
are entirely dependent upon their decisions; and b) how
the level of sub-municipal autonomy is dependent upon
the municipal size. The hypothesis was examined using a
survey of 80 Slovenian municipalities and analysis of statistical
data acquired from the National Statistical Office.Od stjecanja neovisnosti 1991. godine, reforma lokalne samouprave smatra se jednim od najvažnijih projekata slovenske države. Ključni dio reforme bio je uvođenje različitih oblika lokalne demokracije i mjesne samouprave u novoosnovane jedinice lokalne samouprave. Glavni cilj ovog rada jest analizirati proces subdecentralizacije, tj. proces osnivanja jedinica mjesne samouprave. U radu se naglašava razina njihove autonomije koja ovisi o veličini lokalne jedinice. Pretpostavili smo da je osnivanje jedinica mjesne samouprave jedan od načina da se poveća sudjelovanje građana u lokalnoj razini vlasti i analizirali: a) zašto lokalne jedinice poduzimaju osnivanje jedinica mjesne samouprave koje u potpunosti ovise o njihovim odlukama, te b) na koji način razina autonomije jedinica mjesne samouprave ovisi o veličini jedinica lokane samouprave. Hipotezu smo ispitivali koristeći anketu provedenu u 80 slovenskih lokalnih jedinica i analizu statističkih podataka dobivenih od Državnog ureda za statistiku
