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Modernisierung kommunaler Sozialpolitik
Springer Fachmedien 2009; US$ 47.99Local Governance ¿ mehr Transparenz und Bürgernähe?
Springer Fachmedien 2007; US$ 47.99The Governance of Daily Life in Africa
BRILL 2008; US$ 96.00Explores the notion of governance in a non-normative way. This work describes and analyses the institutional and political processes through which social actors and groups - be they state, private or 'third-sector' - contribute to the provision of public and collective goods or services. more...
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Iceland 2001
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 61.00This review of Iceland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data. more...
Local Government in Liberal Democracies
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 52.95The quality and nature of local government varies widely between countries. This introductory text looks at the workings of local government in England and Wales, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Canada and the USA. The chapters have a similar format so the student has a framework for systematic comparisons of the different case studies and... more...
Transforming Political Leadership in Local Government
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 115.00Local governments throughout the west are undergoing a transformation of their leadership styles and structures. Some countries have abandoned traditional systems of collective or committee based decision-making in favour of Cabinet models or, more radically, a directly-elected executive mayor, while others have strengthened existing mayoral systems.... more...
Governing Global Cities
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 53.95This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government. Population expansion, the migration of new peoples and disparities between cities and suburbs are longstanding features of the urban crisis. Today, city governments also face demands for popular... more...
Political Life in Cairos New Quarters
University of Minnesota Press 2006; US$ 67.50Since the 1970s, Cairo has experienced tremendous growth and change. Nearly three million people now live in new urban communities characterized by unregulated housing, informal economic activity, and the presence of Islamist groups. Salwa Ismail examines the effects of these changes in Political Life in Cairo's New Quarters. Working in Cairo,... more...
Governing Cities in a Global Era
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 37.00This 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. more...
Urban Livelihoods, Institutions and Inclusive Governance in Nairobi
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 56.00This study formulates conditions for sustainable impacts of inclusive and responsive governance through ?invited spaces? offered by the government and ?claimed spaces? created by the poor. The study questions how increased contributions to poverty reduction and improvement of quality of life for Nairobi citizens can be realised in an equitable and... more...









