The politics of urban governance / Jon Pierre.

By:

Pierre, Jon [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: viii, 170 pages : 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780333732687 (pbk.)
9780333732670 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

320.85 PIE 23 014691

LOC classification:

JS78 .P5 2011

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.

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".

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164) and index.

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.

"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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