Metropolitan government in Toulouse: From fragmentation to federalism |
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| Authors: | Jean-Yves Nevers |
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| Institution: | (1) Université de Toulouse le Mirail et Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CERTOP – Maison de la Recherche, Université de Toulouse le Mirail, F – 31058 Toulouse cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines changes in governance in the metropolitan area of Toulouse, which includes 78 communes and contains a
population of 761,000. As in most French cities local government is very fragmented. Until the end of the 1980s, the urban
services were delivered by many associations of communes, both single-purpose and multipurpose. This pragmatic form of governance
made it possible for the communes to preserve their identity and their decision-making autonomy, which is the basis of the
French traditional model of local democracy. But it is rather important to face the new challenges posed by inter-city competition
across Europe, by continuing urban growth, and by the reinforcement of residential segregation. The recent creation of `Grand
Toulouse', a metropolitan two-tier government with many competences and a taxing power appears to bring an institutional solution,
but one can wonder if local leaders will try to make it simply another co-ordinating mechanism.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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