03727nam 2200697Ia 450 991078209430332120230712233735.03-531-90999-110.1007/978-3-531-90999-8(CKB)1000000000492866(EBL)748729(OCoLC)288475598(SSID)ssj0000610334(PQKBManifestationID)11414089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000610334(PQKBWorkID)10637602(PQKB)11340669(DE-He213)978-3-531-90999-8(MiAaPQ)EBC748729(Au-PeEL)EBL748729(CaPaEBR)ebr10252202(CaONFJC)MIL177393(PPN)129061131(EXLCZ)99100000000049286620080319d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMultilevel urban governance and the 'European city' discussing metropolitan reforms in Stockholm and Helsinki /Nico GiersigFirst edition 2008.Wiesbaden :VS Verlag fr Sozialwissenschaften | GWV Fachverlage GmbH,2008.1 online resource (238 pages) illustrations, maps3-531-15998-4 Includes bibliographical references.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.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.Local governmentEuropeMunicipal governmentEuropeCity planningFinlandHelsinkiCity planningSwedenStockholmUrban policyFinlandHelsinkiUrban policySwedenStockholmLocal governmentMunicipal governmentCity planningCity planningUrban policyUrban policy320.8094352.008352.00809487Giersig Nico1469265MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782094303321Multilevel urban governance and the 'European city3680691UNINA