{"product_id":"small-town-and-village-in-bavaria-9780857453471","title":"Small Town and Village in Bavaria","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this investigation is the great modernization effort of a West German state, Bavaria, in the 1970s and 1980s, by means of a reform of the smaller units of local government. The reforms were meant to abolish all autonomous local governments serving populations of fewer than 3,000, thereby reducing the number of local governments in Bavaria from more than 7,000 to less than 2,000. Based on interviews, surveys, and statistical research, this study chronicles fifteen communities and their challenges, developments, and social changes from post-1945 up to the present. While this book explores the decline of the iconic village community, it also reveals the survival of medieval towns in a contemporary world, and despite the modern desire for comprehensive and well-integrated services, there remains a seemingly perennial appeal of small town and village life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eMerkl analyzes in exemplary fashion the conditions, developments,  and results of state-imposed modernizations in Central Europe and helps to understand these better.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  German Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Plan for this Book\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Changing Villages and Small Places in Bavaria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tContemporary Social Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPopulation Trends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStages of Community Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Transformation of Agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. The Small Town or Village Community\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSecularization and Community Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Elementary School and the Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSocial Groups and Festivals  in West Middle Franconia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEconomic Enterprises of the Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Future of Small Places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Planning Local Territorial Reform\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Era of Reforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFederal Initiatives Toward \u003cem\u003eRaumordnung\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBavaria Tackles Territorial Reorganization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRegional Planning and Administrative Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe \u003cem\u003eKreisreform\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Independent City and Hinterland Reforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Communal Territorial Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. The Implementation of the Reform\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tImplementation of the Local Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Reform in Middle Franconia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPatterns of Reaction to Bavaria’s Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tToward a Modern, Functional Society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. No Town is an Island Local Government in the West German System\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFederalism in the Basic Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Changing Federal Financial Constitution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCooperative Federalism or \u003cem\u003ePolitikverflechtung\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Future Role of the Communes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe \u003cem\u003eLaäender\u003c\/em\u003e and the European Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Conclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMini-Towns and Micro-Communes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRevisiting Wolframs-Eschenbach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRe-interviewing the Bürgermeisters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSmall Town and Village in Bavaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tables A1–A15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038909071703,"sku":"9780857453471","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857453471.jpg?v=1750941896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/small-town-and-village-in-bavaria-9780857453471","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}