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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giersig, Nico.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--Europe.

Local government.

Municipal government--Europe.

Municipal government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition 2008.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : VS Verlag fr Sozialwissenschaften | GWV Fachverlage GmbH, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-531-90999-1

OCLC:

288475598