The politics of urban governance / Jon Pierre.
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TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: viii, 170 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780333732670 (hbk.)
- 9780333732687 (pbk.)
- Municipal government -- Cross-cultural studies
- Local government -- Cross-cultural studies
- Political leadership -- Cross-cultural studies
- Sociology, Urban -- Cross-cultural studies
- Urban policy -- Cross-cultural studies
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Local
- 320.8/5 22
- JS78 .P5 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164) and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- The Challenge of Urban Governance * Rethinking the Local State * The Managerial City * The Corporatist City * The Pro-Growth City * The Welfare City * The Decline of Urban Politics? * Cities in Global Governance * Conclusion: The Future of Urban Politics.
"This broad ranging new text analyses the emerging shape of urban politics in the twenty-first century. The author identifies 4 main "models" of urban governance--"management," "Corporatist." "Pro-Growth" and "Welfare"--and assesses their different implications for the major issues, interests and problems in the contemporary urban arena"--
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