Metropolitan governance : capacity, democracy and the dynamics of place / / edited by Hubert Heinelt and Daniel Kubler

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Routledge, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 320.8/5
• Soggetto topico: Metropolitan government - Europe; Metropolitan government - North America; Comparative government; Political planning
• Altri autori: HeineltHubert KublerDaniel
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / by Daniel Kubler & Hubert Heinelt -- Metropolitan governance, democracy and the dynamics of place / by Daniel Kubler & Hubert Heinelt -- The new French dice. metropolitan institution building and democratic issues / by Emmanuel Negrier -- Building metropolitan governance in Spain, Madrid and Barcelona / by Mariona Tomas Fornes -- The emergence of metropolitan governance in Athens / by Panayiotis Getimis & Nikolaos Hlepas -- The experience of metropolitan governance / by Michael Goldsmith -- Arrested metropolitanism : limits and contradictions of municipal governance -- Reform in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Toronto / by Roger Keil & Julie-Anne Boudreau -- The coming of age of metropolitan governance in Helsinki / by Patrick Legales & Anne Haila -- Reform and democracy in the Rotterdam region, an evaluation of the attempt to creating a regional government / by Linze Schaap -- Metropolitan governance in Germany / by Dietrich Furst -- Governing without government : metropolitan governance in Switzerland / by Daniel Kubler, Brigitte Schwab & Fritz Sager -- Conclusion / by Hubert Heinelt & Daniel Kubler.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Metropolitan governance
• ISBN: 1-134-30502-8; 1-134-30503-6; 0-203-44808-1; 1-280-14188-3; 0-415-33778-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910959741503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II