This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.
This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Hubert Heinelt is Professor of Public Administration, Public Policy and Urban Research at the Institute for Political Science, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany. Daniel Kübler is Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and currently visiting researcher at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Inhaltsangabe
1 Introduction 2 Metropolitan governance, democracy and the dynamics of place 3 The new French dice: metropolitan institution building and democratic issues 4 Building metropolitan governance in Spain: Madrid and Barcelona 5 The emergence of metropolitan governance in Athens 6 The experience of metropolitan government in England 7 Arrested metropolitanism: limits and contradictions of municipal governance reform in Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto 8 The coming of age of metropolitan governance in Helsinki? 9 Reform and democracy in the Rotterdam region: an evaluation of the attempt to create a regional government 10 Metropolitan governance in Germany 11 Governing without government: metropolitan governance in Switzerland 12 Conclusion
1 Introduction 2 Metropolitan governance, democracy and the dynamics of place 3 The new French dice: metropolitan institution building and democratic issues 4 Building metropolitan governance in Spain: Madrid and Barcelona 5 The emergence of metropolitan governance in Athens 6 The experience of metropolitan government in England 7 Arrested metropolitanism: limits and contradictions of municipal governance reform in Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto 8 The coming of age of metropolitan governance in Helsinki? 9 Reform and democracy in the Rotterdam region: an evaluation of the attempt to create a regional government 10 Metropolitan governance in Germany 11 Governing without government: metropolitan governance in Switzerland 12 Conclusion
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826