Governing Cities in a Global Era [electronic resource] : Urban Innovation, Competition, and Democratic Reform /
Hambleton, Robin.editor.
Gross, Jill Simone.editor.
This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes require that we rethink governance and urban policy, and that we do so through the dual lens of theory and practice.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Global Trends, Diversity, and Local Democracy; I: Global Pressures on Urban Governance; II: Innovations in Urban Government; III: Leadership, Partnership, and the Democratic Challenge; IV: Governing Cities in a Global Era; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-254) and index.
This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes require that we rethink governance and urban policy, and that we do so through the dual lens of theory and practice.
Political science.
Public administration.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Political Science.
Public Administration.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.