Globalism and Local Democracy: Challenge and Change in Europe and North America

✍ Scribed by Robin Hambleton, Hank V. Savitch, Murray Stewart (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 269
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new book argues that cities and citizens are not helpless victims in a global flow of events. Three crucial questions are addressed through the three part structure: What is the nature of the globalization? What resulting challenges now confront cities and localities? How can local leaders respond to this changing environment in ways which strengthen local democracy? Written by leading urban scholars in Europe and North America the book draws on a range of disciplines to enhance academic understanding and illuminate lessons for policy and practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Globalism and Local Democracy....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Globalisation Process....Pages 19-29
Globalism and Cities: a North American Perspective....Pages 30-51
Urban Homogenisation and Diversification in West Europe....Pages 52-66
Globalisation and Transformations in Political Cultures....Pages 67-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Rapid Transformations in Post-Socialist Cities: towards an Uncertain Future....Pages 95-107
Managing Urban Ethnic Conflict....Pages 108-124
Urban Policies in the Netherlands: from ‘Social Renewal’ to ‘Big Cities Policy’....Pages 125-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
The New City Management....Pages 147-168
A Network Paradigm for Urban Governance?....Pages 169-184
Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Dynamics....Pages 185-200
Local Democracy, Cross-Border Collaboration and the Internationalisation of Local Government....Pages 201-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-258

✦ Subjects

Political Sociology; Environmental Politics; Political Science; Public Policy; Urban Studies/Sociology; Sociology, general