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Governing Cities in a Global Era

Urban Innovation, Competition, and Democratic Reform

  • Robin Hambleton
  • Jill Simone Gross
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Global Trends, Diversity, and Local Democracy

    1. Global Trends, Diversity, and Local Democracy
      Jill Simone Gross, Robin Hambleton
      Pages 1-12

  3. Global Pressures on Urban Governance

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 13-14
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    2. Rethinking Globalization—The Impact of Central Governments on World Cities
      Takashi Tsukamoto, Ronald K. Vogel
      Pages 15-31
    3. Governing the Capital—Comparing Institutional Reform in Berlin, London, and Paris
      Manfred Röber, Eckhard Schröter
      Pages 33-43
    4. Uneven Development, City Governance, and Urban Change—Unpacking the Global-Local Nexus in Dublin’s Inner City
      Michael Punch, Declan Redmond, Sinead Kelly
      Pages 45-56
    5. Urban Governance in Developing Countries: Experiences and Challenges
      Richard E. Stren
      Pages 57-69

  4. Innovations in Urban Government

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 71-72
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    2. Diversity and the Democratic Challenge—Governing World Cities
      Jill Simone Gross
      Pages 73-91
    3. Changing Forms of Urban Government in Central and Eastern Europe
      Pawel Swianiewicz
      Pages 93-112
    4. Innovation in Chinese Urban Governance: The Shanghai Experience
      Tingwei Zhang
      Pages 113-124
    5. Urban Challenges in Latin American Cities: Medellín and the Limits of Governance
      John J. Betancur
      Pages 125-137
    6. Metropolitan Governance in Australia—The Sydney Experience
      Daniel Kübler, Bill Randolph
      Pages 139-150
    7. The New Ecology of Urban Governance: Special-Purpose Authorities and Urban Development
      Dennis R. Judd, James M. Smith
      Pages 151-160

  5. Leadership, Partnership, and the Democratic Challenge

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 161-162
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    2. New Leadership for Democratic Urban Space
      Robin Hambleton
      Pages 163-176
    3. Building the Global City—The Immigrant Experience of Urban Revitalization
      Janice Bockmeyer
      Pages 177-188
    4. Professionals and the Conflicting Forces of Administrative Modernization and Civic Engagement
      John Nalbandian
      Pages 189-198
    5. Against “Partnership”: Toward a Local Challenge to Global Neoliberalism
      Jonathan S. Davies
      Pages 199-210

  6. Governing Cities in a Global Era

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 211-211
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    2. From Governance to Governing
      Robin Hambleton, Jill Simone Gross
      Pages 213-224
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 225-267
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About this book

Introduction

This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we govern cities and, more specifically, what projects or paths are taken. Global changes require that we rethink governance and urban policy, and that we do so through the dual lens of theory and practice.

Keywords

city conflict democracy globalization governance government Institution Policy

Editors and affiliations

  • Robin Hambleton
    • 1
    • 2
  • Jill Simone Gross
    • 3
  1. 1.Faculty of Environment and TechnologyUniversity of the West of EnglandBristolUK
  2. 2.Urban AnswersUK
  3. 3.Department of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter CollegeCUNYUSA

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