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The politics of urban governance / Jon Pierre.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: viii, 170 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780333732670 (hbk.)
  • 9780333732687 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.8/5 22
LOC classification:
  • JS78 .P5 2011
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- The Challenge of Urban Governance * Rethinking the Local State * The Managerial City * The Corporatist City * The Pro-Growth City * The Welfare City * 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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Book Book Institute of Governance Studies General Stacks Institute of Governance Studies General Stacks 320.85 PIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 In transit from Ayesha Abed Library to Institute of Governance Studies since 04/12/2016 3010027311
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- The Challenge of Urban Governance * Rethinking the Local State * The Managerial City * The Corporatist City * The Pro-Growth City * The Welfare City * 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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