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Even before the decentralization laws, French cities have shown a capacity to manage themselves. It is even possible that these laws actually undermined this capacity. To give claim to these assertions, it is necessary to build a concept of municipal government that credits the existence of a political capacity in cities going back to the endoftheXlX1" century. Municipal government is intimately linked to both French republican and welfare states. Its present difficulties arise with the latters'transformations. ; Les villes françaises n'ont pas attendu les lois de décentralisation pour se doter de capacités de gestion. Paradoxalement, ces lois ont coïncidé avec la remise en cause de ces capacités. Pour étayer ces deux propositions, il est nécessaire d'adopter un concept de gouvernement municipal qui rende compte de l'existence d'une capacité politique dans les villes dès la fin du XIXe siècle. Le gouvernement municipal s'inscrit tant dans l'État républicain que dans l'État-providence. Ses limites actuelles sont indissociables des recompositions en cours au sein de l'État.

Even before the decentralization laws, French cities have shown a capacity to manage themselves. It is even possible that these laws actually undermined this capacity. To give claim to these assertions, it is necessary to build a concept of municipal government that credits the existence of a political capacity in cities going back to the endoftheXlX1" century. Municipal government is intimately linked to both French republican and welfare states. Its present difficulties arise with the latters'transformations. ; Les villes françaises n'ont pas attendu les lois de décentralisation pour se doter de capacités de gestion. Paradoxalement, ces lois ont coïncidé avec la remise en cause de ces capacités. Pour étayer ces deux propositions, il est nécessaire d'adopter un concept de gouvernement municipal qui rende compte de l'existence d'une capacité politique dans les villes dès la fin du XIXe siècle. Le gouvernement municipal s'inscrit tant dans l'État républicain que dans l'État-providence. Ses limites actuelles sont indissociables des recompositions en cours au sein de l'État.

Argues that the decentralization laws have undermined the capacity of French cites to manage themselves. The existence of a political capacity in cities dates back to the end of the 19th century. Municipal government is intimately linked to both French republican & welfare states. Its present difficulties arise with the transformation of the latter. 43 References. Adapted from the source document.

The nine contributors to the meeting on local governments' access to borrowing and financial markets aimed at highlighting the current situation of local development financing by reviewing African and international experiences of borrowing through financial markets or other ways. The whole range of conditions to be met by local governments in the process is examined. In this particular context, contributors review mechanisms and institutional options that are available in order to ensure adequate access to municipal borrowing. Special attention is paid to the role of national, regional and international specialized financial institutions, by distinguishing between the direct financing of local governments and that of public or private corporations responsible for managing urban infrastructures. Finally contributors recommend measures and incentives to be taken by central governments and cooperation organizations to support local governments' access to municipal loans. (DÜI-Sbd)

introduction au numéro spécial "Municipal Connections: Links, Transfers and Cooperation among European Cities in the 20th Century" ; International audience ; Globalisation, the buzzword of the late twentieth century, calls for the attention of historians. As others have already suggested, one way to contribute to the historicisation of the phenomena encapsulated in this idiom is to pay attention to connections over long periods. Connections between municipal governments and exchanges about the subject have both been neglected by historical scholarship for various reasons, but they can contribute to the history of the "construction of the universal". Indeed, the information systems of municipal connections – their vectors, actors and structures – have defined, intersected with, nourished or undergone a series of would-be universalist "transboundary formations". These formations are shifting combinations of values, collective actions, practices, rules, organisations and individuals, all of which are advanced as possible futures for mankind. By examining some of these discourses of 'social order' and "world order" and the way in which they combine with municipal connections, this article attempts to produce the "'municipal contribution" announced in its title.

introduction au numéro spécial "Municipal Connections: Links, Transfers and Cooperation among European Cities in the 20th Century" ; International audience ; Globalisation, the buzzword of the late twentieth century, calls for the attention of historians. As others have already suggested, one way to contribute to the historicisation of the phenomena encapsulated in this idiom is to pay attention to connections over long periods. Connections between municipal governments and exchanges about the subject have both been neglected by historical scholarship for various reasons, but they can contribute to the history of the "construction of the universal". Indeed, the information systems of municipal connections – their vectors, actors and structures – have defined, intersected with, nourished or undergone a series of would-be universalist "transboundary formations". These formations are shifting combinations of values, collective actions, practices, rules, organisations and individuals, all of which are advanced as possible futures for mankind. By examining some of these discourses of 'social order' and "world order" and the way in which they combine with municipal connections, this article attempts to produce the "'municipal contribution" announced in its title.

introduction au numéro spécial "Municipal Connections: Links, Transfers and Cooperation among European Cities in the 20th Century" ; International audience ; Globalisation, the buzzword of the late twentieth century, calls for the attention of historians. As others have already suggested, one way to contribute to the historicisation of the phenomena encapsulated in this idiom is to pay attention to connections over long periods. Connections between municipal governments and exchanges about the subject have both been neglected by historical scholarship for various reasons, but they can contribute to the history of the "construction of the universal". Indeed, the information systems of municipal connections – their vectors, actors and structures – have defined, intersected with, nourished or undergone a series of would-be universalist "transboundary formations". These formations are shifting combinations of values, collective actions, practices, rules, organisations and individuals, all of which are advanced as possible futures for mankind. By examining some of these discourses of 'social order' and "world order" and the way in which they combine with municipal connections, this article attempts to produce the "'municipal contribution" announced in its title.

introduction au numéro spécial "Municipal Connections: Links, Transfers and Cooperation among European Cities in the 20th Century" ; International audience ; Globalisation, the buzzword of the late twentieth century, calls for the attention of historians. As others have already suggested, one way to contribute to the historicisation of the phenomena encapsulated in this idiom is to pay attention to connections over long periods. Connections between municipal governments and exchanges about the subject have both been neglected by historical scholarship for various reasons, but they can contribute to the history of the "construction of the universal". Indeed, the information systems of municipal connections – their vectors, actors and structures – have defined, intersected with, nourished or undergone a series of would-be universalist "transboundary formations". These formations are shifting combinations of values, collective actions, practices, rules, organisations and individuals, all of which are advanced as possible futures for mankind. By examining some of these discourses of 'social order' and "world order" and the way in which they combine with municipal connections, this article attempts to produce the "'municipal contribution" announced in its title.

introduction au numéro spécial "Municipal Connections: Links, Transfers and Cooperation among European Cities in the 20th Century" ; International audience ; Globalisation, the buzzword of the late twentieth century, calls for the attention of historians. As others have already suggested, one way to contribute to the historicisation of the phenomena encapsulated in this idiom is to pay attention to connections over long periods. Connections between municipal governments and exchanges about the subject have both been neglected by historical scholarship for various reasons, but they can contribute to the history of the "construction of the universal". Indeed, the information systems of municipal connections – their vectors, actors and structures – have defined, intersected with, nourished or undergone a series of would-be universalist "transboundary formations". These formations are shifting combinations of values, collective actions, practices, rules, organisations and individuals, all of which are advanced as possible futures for mankind. By examining some of these discourses of 'social order' and "world order" and the way in which they combine with municipal connections, this article attempts to produce the "'municipal contribution" announced in its title.

Analyzes origins of urban governance in the North American scientific debate and the importation of this notion in Europe. Summary in English.