Legitimacy and Urban Governance: A Cross-National Comparative Study (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0415499593 ISBN 13: 9780415499590

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

A fresh examination of the relationship between two key issues in the on-going debate on urban governance - leadership and community involvement.

It explores the nature of the interaction between community involvement and political leadership in modern local governance by drawing on empirical data gathered from case-studies concerning cities in England, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. It presents both a country specific and cross-cutting analysis of the contributions that communities and leaders can make to more effective local governance.

These country specific chapters are complemented by thematic, comparative chapters addressing alternative forms of community involvement, types and styles of leadership, multi-level governance, institutional restrictions and opportunities for leadership and involvement, institutional conditions underpinning leadership and involvement, and political culture in cities. This up-to-date survey of trends and developments in local governance moves the debate forward by analysing modern governance with reference to theories related to institutional theory, legitimation, and the way urban leadership and community involvement compliment one another.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of politics and urban governance, and to all those concerned with questions of local governance and democracy.

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Hubert Heinelt, David Sweeting, Panagiotis Getimis

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415499593
• ISBN 13: 9780415499590
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Heinelt Hubert, Sweeting David, Getimis Panagiotis