Governing cities in a global era
Subtitle: urban innovation, competition, and democratic reform
By: edited by Robin Hambleton and Jill Simone Gross.
Contributors: Hambleton, Robin.; Gross, Jill Simone.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781403975737; 9780230602304
Subjects: Municipal government; Globalization -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Global trends, diversity and local democracy / Jill Simone Gross and Robin Hambleton; title: Rethinking globalization : the impact of central governments on world cities / Takashi Tsukamoto and Ronald K. Vogel; title: Governing the capital : comparing institutional reform in Berlin, London, and Paris / Manfred Röber and Eckhard Schröter; title: Uneven development, city governance, and urban change : unpacking the global-local nexus in Dublin's inner city / Michael Punch, Declan Redmond, and Sinead Kelly; title: Urban governance in developing countries : experiences and challenges / Richard Stren; title: Diversity and the democratic challenge : governing world cities / Jill Simone Gross; title: Changing forms of urban government in Central and Eastern Europe / Paweł Swianiewicz; title: Innovation in Chinese urban governance : the Shanghai experience / Tingwei Zhang; title: Urban challenges in Latin American cities : Medellin and the limits of governance / John Betancur; title: Metropolitan governance in Australia : the Sydney experience / Daniel Kübler and Bill Randolph; title: The new ecology of urban governance : special-purpose authorities and urban development / Dennis R. Judd and James M. Smith; title: New leadership for democratic urban space / Robin Hambleton; title: Building the global city : the immigrant experience of urban revitalization / Janice Bockmeyer; title: Professionals and the conflicting forces of administrative modernization and civic engagement / John Nalbandian; title: Against "partnership" : toward a local challenge to global neoliberalism / Jonathan Davies; title: From governance to governing / Robin Hambleton and Jill Simone Gross.