Local government reform between ‘exogenous’ and ‘endogenous’ driving forces

Abstract

The article attempts to analyse institutional reforms in the multi-level system of the French capital city. The key questions are the developments in central – local relations and what factors influenced these changes over the last century. The author seeks to identify ‘critical junctures’ in institutional development and explore their impact on the relationships between state and municipality on the one hand and between upper and lower tiers of city-government on the other. Looking at institution building in Paris as the dependent variable the article takes a primarily institutionalist approach in identifying the relevant factors which explain local government reform in the capital city (‘what shapes institutions?’).

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