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Urban governance systems in autonomous territories of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: The cases of Croatia-Slavonia and Austrian Galicia (1867-1918)

Hilbert, Bálint (2024) Urban governance systems in autonomous territories of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: The cases of Croatia-Slavonia and Austrian Galicia (1867-1918). GEOGRAPHIA POLONICA, 97 (1). pp. 23-46. ISSN 0016-7282

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Abstract

There is still no consensus on the definition of urban governance, which can be attributed to gaps in its empirical foundation across both time and space. The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867-1918), with its complex state structure, serves as an ideal historical and geographical subject for unveiling aspects related to the birth of modern urban governance within a Central European context. To conduct comparative research, this study examines selected cities from two territorial autonomies of the empire: Zagreb, Osijek, Varaždin, and Zemun from Croatia-Slavonia, and Lviv and Cracow (Krakow) from Galicia. Urban governance within territorial autonomy, particularly from a historical standpoint, is a unique subject that lacks a substantial presence in the literature of urban studies and territorial autonomy. In this paper, an analytical framework was developed based on the key components of the transformation thesis of urban governance and metagovernance theory. The findings of the study indicate that the process of designating territorial autonomies and the various political factors behind them significantly shaped the formation of urban governance systems.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: urban governance, territorial autonomy, metagovernance, historical geography, Croatia-Slavonia, Habsburg Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Subjects: J Political Science / politológia > JS Local government Municipal government / helyi, települési önkormányzat
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2024 11:39
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2024 11:39
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/205200

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