Urban governance and democracy : leadership and community involvement / / edited by Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt and Murray Stewart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457998803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-28928-6; 1-280-06379-3; 0-203-34095-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; ; 8
• Classificazione: 88.13
• Altri autori (Persone): HausMichael; HeineltHubert; StewartMurray
• Disciplina: 352.16
• Soggetti: Municipal government - Citizen participation; Municipal government - OECD countries; Community leadership - OECD countries; Community development - OECD countries; Public-private sector cooperation - OECD countries; Cities and towns - OECD countries; Democracy - OECD countries; Electronic books.; OECD countries Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt and Murray Stewart -- How to achieve governability at the local level? : theoretical and conceptual considerations on a complementarity of urban leadership and community involvement -- Michael Haus and Hubert Heinelt -- Urban leadership and community involvement : an institutional analysis / Pieter-Jan Klok and Bas Deters -- The institutional setting of local political leadership and community involvement / Henry Bäck -- Cities in transition : from statism to democracy / Pawel Swianiewicz -- Cities in the multi-level governance of the European Union / Laurence ; Carmichael -- Collaboration in multi-actor governance / Murray Stewart -- Changes in urban political leadership : leadership types and styles in the era of urban governance / Panagiotis Getimis and Despoina Grigoriadou -- Leading localities : rethinking the agenda / Robin Hambleton -- Legitimacy and community involvement in local governance / Jan Erling Klausen and David Sweeting -- Participation and leadership in planning theory and practices / Alessandro Balducci and Claudio Calvaresi.
• Sommario/riassunto: The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues of urban governance - leadership and community involvement - and how making these two elements more complementary can lead to more effective as well as legitimate policy outcomes.The authors examine the dilemmas involved in ensuring effective governance, focusing on issues such as legitimacy, citizen participation, economic performance and social inclusion.