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Local Governance in Western Europe
SAGE Publications 2001; US$ 59.00This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the change in local political systems and to place these in comparative context. more...
The Facilitative Leader in City Hall
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 104.95Offering a critical examination of government in American cities, this book presents the innovative view that mayors in council-manager cities are better positioned to develop positive leadership than their peers in mayor-council cities. It suggests a collaborative model for leadership that identifies what is unique in the council-manager setting. more...
Local Politics and Participation in Britain and France
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 37.00This book provides a unique comparative study of the involvement of average citizens in local politics and government between national elections. more...
Metropolitan Governance
Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 36.95Hauptbeschreibung Hubert Heinelt ist Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der TU Darmstadt; Karsten Zimmermann ist dort wiss. Mitarbeiter. Eran Razin ist Professor für Geografie an der Hebrew University of Jerusalem. more...
Urban Governance in Europe
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2011; US$ 32.61Hauptbeschreibung This book looks at the consequences and implications of an emerging new way of local politics in Europe. With the term »governance«, changes in the political and social constitution of cities are analysed. Based on theoretical and empirical studies by scholars from ten countries, different aspects of »urban governance« will be presented. more...
The Road to Welfare Pluralism
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2011; US$ 38.04Hauptbeschreibung Welfare pluralism is often seen as a possible solution to the welfare crisis many western countries are experiencing. Alternative sources of welfare provisions have become attractive in systems once dominated by the state. The family, the company and voluntary organizations can provide services where the state has left a gap. There... more...
How Britain Works
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 148.00Michael Temple argues that the new local governance system 'created' by Margaret Thatcher's reforms, when combined with New Labour's emphasis on delivering measurable improvements to outputs, has enabled Tony Blair to have unprecedented control over the public policy process. The author concludes that, far from a more pluralist political culture, the... more...
State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany
Springer Fachmedien 2007; US$ 47.99Kommunale Konkordanz- und Konkurrenzdemokratie
Springer Fachmedien 2008; US$ 69.99









