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
Category: Library

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✦ 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

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