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The politics of urban governance / Jon Pierre.
- Title
- The politics of urban governance / Jon Pierre.
- Author
- Pierre, Jon
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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- Description
- viii, 170 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Local
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
- 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
- Lokaal bestuur
- Steden
- Economische ontwikkeling
- Internationalisatie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Why study urban politics? -- The challenge of urban governance -- The managerial city -- Corporatist governance -- Pro-growth governance -- Welfare governance -- The decline of urban politics? -- Cities in global governance -- Conclusion: the future of urban politics.
- ISBN
- 9780333732687 (pbk.)
- 0333732685 (pbk.)
- 9780333732670 (hbk.)
- 0333732677 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2011004156
- OCLC
- 660526225
- SCSB-10999809
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library