The politics of urban governance / Jon Pierre.
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TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: viii, 170 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780333732670 (hbk.); 9780333732687 (pbk.)Subject(s): 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 / LocalDDC classification: 320.8/5 LOC classification: JS78 | .P5 2011Other classification: POL028000 | POL002000 | POL040040 | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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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