The authors develop an analytical framework built on the premise that issues of metropolitan governance are best understood by focusing not only on the characteristics of the local government systems and of statesociety relations, but also on the dynamics of place. They argue that area-wide governance in urban regions can draw on flexible networks and involve publicprivate partnerships as well as requiring institutional reform. This book includes chapters focusing on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland and North America and lays particular emphasis on democratic legitimacy and the tensions that arise when strengthening the capacity of metropolitan governance.
An original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance, this book puts forward the argument that place matters. It will be of interest to all students and researchers of public administration, governance and urban research.
1 Regionalist Parties in Western Europe
Edited by Lieven de Winter and
Huri Trsan
2 Comparing Party System Change
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Paul Pennings
3 Political Theory and European Union
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Michael Nentwich
4 Politics of Sexuality
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Vronique Mottier
5 Autonomous Policy Making by
International Organizations
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Bertjan Verbeek
6 Social Capital and European
Democracy
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Maraffi, Ken Newton and Paul Whiteley
7 Party Elites in Divided Societies
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Kris Deschouwer
8 Citizenship and Welfare State
Reform in Europe
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9 Democratic Governance and New
Technology
Technologically mediated
innovations in political practice in
Western Europe
Edited by Ivan Horrocks, Jens Hoff
and Pieter Tops
10 Democracy without Borders
Transnationalisation and conditionality
in new democracies
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11 Cultural Theory as Political
Science
Edited by Michael Thompson, Gunnar
Grendstad and Per Selle
12 The Transformation of Governance
in the European Union
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Rainer Eising
13 Parliamentary Party Groups in
European Democracies
Political parties behind closed doors
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Ruud Koole
14 Survival of the European Welfare
State
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15 Private Organisations in Global
Politics
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Volker Schneider
16 Federalism and Political
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17 Democratic Innovation
Deliberation, representation and association
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18 Public Opinion and the
International Use of Force
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Pierangelo Isernia
19 Religion and Mass Electoral
Behaviour in Europe
Edited by David Broughton and
Hans-Martien ten Napel
20 Estimating the Policy Position of
Political Actors
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21 Democracy and Political Change in
the Third World
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22 Politicians, Bureaucrats and
Administrative Reform
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Jon Pierre
23 Social Capital and Participation in
Everyday Life
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Eric M. Uslaner
24 Development and Democracy
What do we know and how?
Edited by Ole Elgstrm and
Goran Hyden
25 Do Political Campaigns Matter?
Campaign effects in elections and referendums
Edited by David M. Farrell and
Rdiger Schmitt-Beck
26 Political Journalism
New challenges, new practices
Edited by Raymond Kuhn and
Erik Neveu
27 Economic Voting
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Michaell Taylor
28 Organized Crime and the Challenge
to Democracy
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Renate Siebert
29 Understanding the European
Unions External Relations
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Sebastiaan Princen
30 Social Democratic Party Policies in
Contemporary Europe
Edited by Giuliano Bonoli and
Martin Powell
31 Decision Making Within
International Organisations
Edited by Bob Reinalda and
Bertjan Verbeek
32 Comparative Biomedical Policy
Governing assisted reproductive technologies
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Goggin and Christine Rothmayr
33 Electronic Democracy
Mobilisation, organisation and participation via new ICTs
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Andrea Rmmele and
Stephen J. Ward
34 Liberal Democracy and
Environmentalism
The end of environmentalism?
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Yoram Levy
35 Political Theory and the European
Constitution
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Andreas Follesdal
36 Politics and the European
Commission
Actors, interdependence, legitimacy
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37 Metropolitan Governance
Capacity, democracy and the dynamics of place
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Daniel Kbler
38 Democracy and the Role of
Associations
Political, organizational and social contexts
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39 The Territorial Politics of Welfare
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Luis Moreno
40 Health Governance in Europe
Issues, challenges and theories
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41 Republicanism in Theory and
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