Verhoeven, Imrat, Strange, Michael and Siles-Brügge, Gabriel (2022) The dynamics of municipal contestation : responses from local government to perceived policy threats from higher authorities. Policy and Politics, 50 (4). pp. 587-604. doi:10.1332/030557321X16557322935295 ISSN 0305-5736.

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Abstract

This article focuses on the conflictual relations at the heart of what we call ‘municipal contestation’. This global phenomenon sees cities and other local governments – sometimes together with non-governmental players – contest policies proposed or implemented by higher governmental authorities, which they perceive as threats to their policy positions or local communities. Bridging public policy studies and social movement theory, we develop a new typology identifying conservative, moderate and radical ideal types of municipal contestation. In addition, we explore the dynamics of contestation, with municipalities ‘moving away’ from the institutional status quo when they shift from conservative to more moderate and radical forms of contestation, or ‘moving towards’ the status quo when they find it difficult to sustain such action. The article illustrates this typology and contestation dynamics by drawing on case studies involving resistance to central Covid-19 restrictions in England; municipal opposition to carbon capture and storage in the Netherlands; and a European campaign against a proposed European Union-United States trade agreement. We conclude how this general framework can be applied, refined, and adapted for further comparative and longitudinal studies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Municipal government, Local government, Local government -- State supervision, Central-local government relations , Municipal powers and services beyond corporate limits , Non-governmental organizations , Social movements
Journal or Publication Title:	Policy and Politics
Publisher:	Policy Press
ISSN:	0305-5736
Official Date:	October 2022
Dates:	Date Event October 2022 Published 9 August 2022 Available 20 June 2022 Accepted
Volume:	50
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	24
Page Range:	pp. 587-604
DOI:	10.1332/030557321X16557322935295
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights):	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Policy and Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: [insert URL here]
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders:	© Policy Press 2022
Date of first compliant deposit:	30 May 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	30 August 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID UNSPECIFIED Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001719
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