Cooperation of Local Governments of Latvia

ANOTACIJA Promocijas darba „Pašvaldibu sadarbiba Latvija” merkis – izpetit pašvaldibu sadarbibu Latvija un izvertet sadarbibas ietekmi uz regionu attistibu. Sadarbibas potencials Latvija netiek pilniba izmantots, tadel autore uzskata sadarbibu par attistibas instrumentu. Pašvaldibu darbiba pamatota ar sadarbibas, konkurences un norobežošanas jedzieniem racionalas izveles teorijas perspektiva. Petijuma izmantota kvalitativa pieeja, gadijuma analizes metode. Petijuma rezultati atklaj, ka pašvaldibas Latvija realize norobežošanas un konkurences strategiju. Sadarbibas formas ir nestabilas, fragmentaras, bez ilgtermina merkiem. Noturigu sadarbibas formu veidošanos butiski ierobežo institucionalais sadarbibas ietvars. Atslegas vardi: regionala attistiba, funkcionala policentritate, pašvaldiba, sadarbiba.ANNOTATION The aim of the doctoral theses “Cooperation of Local Governments of Latvia” — to study the cooperation of local governments in Latvia and to evaluate its effect on the regional development. The potential of cooperation is not fully utilized; hence the author finds the cooperation to be a developmental instrument. The activities of governments are grounded on cooperation, competition and isolation concepts according to the rational choice theory. The qualitative approach, the method of case analysis is used. The results show — the governments apply the isolation and competition strategy; the cooperation forms — unstable, fragmentary, lacking longterm aims; the institutional framework of cooperation limits the development of stable forms. Keywords: regional development, functional polycentricity, local government, cooperation