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Local Government and Urban Governance in Europe

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  • © 2017

Overview

  • Includes critical insights on recent reforms and policy innovations in local governance in Europe
  • Provides an updated view of these reforms and policy innovations in local governance in Europe in Southern, Eastern and Western Europe
  • Explores the urban dimension of EU policies in different parts of Europe
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Eu Policies, The Urban Agenda and Local Governance

  2. Citizen Participation in Local Self-Government

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About this book

This book discusses innovative responses and reforms developed in critical areas of urban governance in European countries. It examines the impact of European Union’s policies on the urban agenda and on local governance, and the impact of the transition to democracy in Central and in Southern Europe on local self-government systems. The book is divided into three parts: i) Crisis, Reform and Innovation in Local Government; ii) EU Policies, the Urban Agenda and Local Governance; and iii) Citizen Participation in Local Government. 

Providing an extensive and updated overview of key challenges in the governance of cities in Europe, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the broader field of urban studies, and for policy-makers, especially those engaged in urban governance in European countries.  



Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Carlos Nunes Silva

  • Dept Human Geography & Demography, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Ján Buček

About the editors

Ján Buček is Associate Professor at the Comenius University in Bratislava. He holds a Ph.D. degree in economic geography at Comenius University. Currently he is Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on the Geography of Governance (since 2008), Vice-President of the Slovak Geographical Society (since 2010) and a member of editorial boards of several scientific journals. 

Carlos Nunes Silva, PhD, is Professor Auxiliar at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests are mainly focused on local government policies, history and theory of urban planning, urban and metropolitan governance, urban planning ethics, urban planning in Africa, research methods, local e-government, and urban e-planning.


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