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Local Governments and Metropolitan Regions in Federal Countries
The Local Government theme is being led by Nico Steytler.
Professor Steytler is the Director of the Community Law Centre of the University of the Western Cape, a research and advocacy institute that works for the realization of the democratic values and human rights enshrined in South Africa's Constitution. He has been involved in the development of the new constitutional order for the past decade. He was a technical advisor to the Constitutional Assembly drafting the 1996 Constitution (1995-6) as well as a technical advisor to the Western Cape Provincial Legislature on the drafting of a provincial constitution (1996-7). His main field of research is intergovernmental relations and local government.
Other participants in the roundtable include:
Australia |
Graham Sansom
University of Technology Sydney Centre for Local Government |
Austria |
Franz Schausberger
Salzburg University and Andreas Kiefer, Landes-Europabüro |
Brazil |
Luis Cesar de Queiroz Ribeiro
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Sol Garson Braule Pinto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
Canada |
Robert Young
University of Western Ontario |
Germany |
Martin Burgi
Ruhr-University Bochum and Marcus Söbbeke, German Association of Cities |
India |
George Mathew
Institute of Social Sciences and Rakesh Hooja, HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration |
Mexico |
Boris Graizbord
National College of Mexico |
Nigeria |
Habu Galadima, University of Jos |
South Africa |
Jaap de Visser
University of Western Cape Community Law Centre |
Spain |
Francisco Velasco
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
Switzerland |
Andreas Ladner
University of Lausanne |
United States |
Mike Pagano
University of Illinois at Chicago |
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