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Convenient Local Policymaking for Inconvenient Issues?

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  • Jaap Leek
  • André van Montfort

    (Department of Governance and Organisation Studies, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

The key issue in this paper is the success rate for local governments relating to drawing up policies pertaining to socially controversial issues that live up to the expectations of the central government. The question will be focused on an example of a socially controversial issue: the establishment of brothels. The paper presets results of a research into the policies drawn up by the municipal bodies during the last three years with respect to the establishment of brothels. A number of general conclusions are drawn concerning the manner in which the central government can provide guidance for the decentralisation of policy development for socially controversial issues.

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  • Jaap Leek & André van Montfort, 2004. "Convenient Local Policymaking for Inconvenient Issues?," Society and Economy, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 26(2-3), pages 431-447, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:soceco:v:26:y:2004:i:2-3:p:431-447
    Note: This paper is a somewhat modified version of a Dutch-language article that has been published recently in the Dutch scientific journal Bestuurswetenschappen (Leek – van Montfort 2004).
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