TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans Regional Patronage Networks in Serbia and Croatia T2 - New Perspectives on South-East Europe, A1 - Kleibrink, Alexander. LA - English PP - London PB - Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan YR - 2015 ED - 1st ed. 2015. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-1-137-49572-3 AB - Across the globe, more powers are being devolved to local and regional levels of government. This book provides an innovative analysis of such decentralisation in transition states in the Balkans. Using new and rich data, it shows how political elites use decentralisation strategically to ensure their access to state resources. OP - 231 CN - JN1-9692.2 SN - 9781137495723 KW - Europe—Politics and government. KW - Political sociology. KW - Democracy. KW - Regional planning. KW - Urban planning. KW - Political science. KW - Comparative politics. KW - European Politics. KW - Political Sociology. KW - Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. KW - Political Science. KW - Comparative Politics. ER -