Globalism and Local Democracy: Challenge and Change in Europe and North America

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
Preface......Page 16
1 Globalism and Local Democracy......Page 18
The political responses to globalisation......Page 19
Implications for cities and urban research......Page 22
A cross-national approach......Page 23
Globalism and local democracy......Page 25
Towards a strategy for local democracy......Page 31
Note......Page 33
Part 1 The Globalisation Process......Page 34
Exploring globalisation......Page 36
Cities and uneven development......Page 39
Prosperous and distressed cities......Page 40
Global challenges and the delocalised city......Page 44
Note......Page 46
Introduction......Page 47
Metaphors of globalisation and localism......Page 49
The new localism in North America......Page 53
More diverse local policy agendas......Page 58
Globalisation and local democratic practice in North American cities......Page 65
Notes......Page 67
4 Urban Homogenisation and Diversification in West Europe......Page 69
The diversity of European cities......Page 70
Metropolisation – the emergence of new forms of urbanisation......Page 71
Spread, fragmentation and reconstruction......Page 72
Metropolisation – the connection to globalisation......Page 73
Territorial dualism......Page 74
From territorial displacement to double embeddedness......Page 76
The impact of new communication technologies......Page 77
Is there an Americanisation of West European cities?......Page 80
A single West European model of globalised cities?......Page 82
Core concepts re-examined......Page 84
Globalisation transforms urban contexts......Page 86
Specific fiscal management strategies......Page 89
A New Political Culture......Page 96
Citizens: a new active role......Page 103
Decentralisation, metropolitan government and local democracy......Page 104
Conclusion: an illustrative general proposition......Page 106
Part 2 Cities at Risk – Challenge and Opportunity......Page 110
Introduction......Page 112
From state socialism to capitalist accumulation regimes......Page 114
Challenges confronting urban areas......Page 115
The challenges of increased autonomy and internationalisation......Page 117
Assessment of future opportunities......Page 121
Conclusion......Page 123
Notes......Page 124
7 Managing Urban Ethnic Conflict......Page 125
Cities at risk......Page 126
Cities and intra-state conflict......Page 127
Governing ideology and urban policy......Page 128
Urban policy and ethnic conflict......Page 132
Urban policy and stability/volatility......Page 136
Flashpoints or buffers?......Page 137
The challenge of urban coexistence......Page 138
Notes......Page 140
Introduction......Page 142
The Hague Southwest as a local community......Page 143
Social Renewal policy......Page 146
Big Cities Policy......Page 151
Social Renewal and Big Cities Policy compared......Page 155
Urban policies in the Netherlands......Page 158
Note......Page 160
Part 3 Innovations in Urban Governance......Page 162
Introduction......Page 164
The change drivers......Page 165
From local government to local governance......Page 167
From public administration to new public management......Page 170
The changing relationships between politicians, officers and citizens......Page 175
Conclusions......Page 183
Notes......Page 185
Introduction......Page 186
The 'network paradigm' debate......Page 187
Governance in the West Midlands......Page 190
Governance in southern Bavaria......Page 193
Towards network analysis......Page 197
Conclusions......Page 199
Acknowledgements......Page 200
Introduction......Page 202
The new economic context requires new urban institutions......Page 204
Behind the international competition of cities lies political competition......Page 208
Dependency on local economic interests......Page 211
Stuttgart – a 'success story'......Page 214
Conclusion......Page 215
Introduction and the nature of cross-border collaboration......Page 218
Understanding cross-border collaboration......Page 220
Cross-border collaboration in the Transmanche region of France and England......Page 222
The motives and possible benefits of cross-border collaboration......Page 224
The problems of cross-border collaboration......Page 231
Conclusions......Page 233
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