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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haus, Michael.

Heinelt, Hubert, 1952-

Stewart, Murray.

Series:

Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; 8.

Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--Citizen participation.

Municipal government.

Municipal government--OECD countries.

Community leadership--OECD countries.

Community leadership.

Community development--OECD countries.

Community development.

Public-private sector cooperation--OECD countries.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Cities and towns--OECD countries.

Cities and towns.

Democracy--OECD countries.

Democracy.

OECD countries--Economic conditions.

OECD countries.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

academics and practitioners concerned with questions of local governance and local democracy, in the fields of political science and urban studies and regional planning.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415343615

OCLC:

54768124