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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782094303321

Autore

Giersig Nico

Titolo

Multilevel urban governance and the 'European city' : discussing metropolitan reforms in Stockholm and Helsinki / / Nico Giersig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : VS Verlag fr Sozialwissenschaften | GWV Fachverlage GmbH, , 2008

ISBN

3-531-90999-1

Edizione

[First edition 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

320.8094

352.008

352.00809487

Soggetti

Local government - Europe

Municipal government - Europe

City planning - Finland - Helsinki

City planning - Sweden - Stockholm

Urban policy - Finland - Helsinki

Urban policy - Sweden - Stockholm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Multilevel Urban Governance: Origin, Core Issues, Current Debates -- Theories of Urban Politics and Policies in a Changing Context -- From Urban Government to Multilevel Urban Governance -- Integrated Multilevel Urban Governance Analysis: Comparing Neostructuralist and Neo-Weberian Approaches -- Metropolitan Governance Reforms in Stockholm and Helsinki: An Indicator for Governance Transformations in Sweden and Finland -- Explaining the rationale of the research focus -- The Nordic Countries: A Comprehensive Political and Societal Model -- The Helsinki and Stockholm Regions in Context: Structural Characteristics, Recent Trends and New Challenges -- Metropolitan Cooperation, Integration and Conflict: Comparing Modes of Governance in the Finnish and Swedish Capital Regions -- Concluding Assessments.

Sommario/riassunto

Urban scholars have come up with very different answers to the question of what the main defining characteristics of urban Europe are



and whether they can be described in a distinct ideal-typical model, the ’European City’. In order to fully understand the prevailing political arrangements and ongoing transformations in urban Europe, they have increasingly turned towards ‘multilevel governance approaches’ to conduct more comprehensive and comparative analyses of urban politics and policies. Nico Giersig reflects on these debates and exemplifies the specificities of Nordic cities within Europe as a whole. He accomplishes this by means of a systematic comparison of governance arrangements and their dynamics in two Nordic capital regions.