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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heinelt, Hubert, 1952-

Kübler, Daniel, 1969-

Series:

Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 37.

Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan government--Europe--Case studies.

Metropolitan government.

Metropolitan government--North America--Case studies.

Comparative government.

Political planning.

North America.

Europe.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction / Daniel Kübler and Hubert Heinelt

Metropolitan governance, democracy and the dynamics of place / Daniel Kübler and Hubert Heinelt

The new French dice: metropolitan institution building and democratic issues / Emmanuel Négrier

Building metropolitan governance in Spain, Madrid and Barcelona / Mariona Tomàs

The emergence of metropolitan governance in Athens / Panagiotis Getimis and Nikolaos Hlepas

The experience of metropolitan government in England / Michael Goldsmith

Arrested metropolitanism: limits and contradictions of municipal governance reform in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Toronto / Roger Keil and Julie-Anne Boudreau

The coming of age of metropolitan governance in Helsinki? / Anne Haila and Patrick Le Galès

Reform and democracy in the Rotterdam region: an evaluation of the attempt to create a regional government / Linze Schaap

Metropolitan governance in Germany / Dietrich Fürst

Governing without government: metropolitan governance in Switzerland / Daniel Kübler, Fritz Sager and Brigitte Schwab

Conclusion / Hubert Heinelt and Daniel Kübler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041533778X

OCLC:

55138846