Inter-municipal cooperation in the development of industrial parks and tax redistribution: The road to hell is paved with good intentions
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2016
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WydziaĆ Nauk Geograficznych i Geologicznych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
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Inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms have been promoted as flexible tools, reflecting the transition from
government to governance in a new network economy and eliminating the need to engage in redrawing clear-cut
boundaries in the context of soft spaces with fuzzy boundaries. An evaluation of inter-municipal cooperation in the
development of industrial parks and tax revenue redistribution in Israel, from the first 1992 initiative to imposed redistribution
in 2014/15, reveals how an initiative âfrom belowâ has been adopted and encouraged âfrom aboveâ, finally
used by the central state as a tool of control, to serve its own objectives. It highlights the inherent temptation for top-
down imposition, embedded in bottom-up cooperation mechanisms, calling for light-touch regulatory legislation and
opting for gently imposed solutions where needed.
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inter-municipal cooperation, government, governance, industrial parks, tax redistribution, Israel
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Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 35 (2), 2016, pp. 83-90