Handbook on Local and Regional Governance. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Filipe Teles.
• Editors: Teles, Filipe
• Contents: Contents: 1 Introduction: local and regional governance – a negotiated arena 1 Filipe Teles PART I CONTEXT 2 Governance and metagovernance failure: exploring their spatial dimensions 13 Bob Jessop 3 Effective local governance 27 Geert Bouckaert 4 The right to local self-government 40 Warren Magnusson 5 Trust and local government: a positive relationship? 50 Gerry Stoker, Hannah Bunting and Lawrence McKay 6 Decentralisation and autonomy: a picture of big differences 66 Andreas Ladner and Nicolas Keuffer PART II ACTORS 7 Local citizenship 85 Hubert Heinelt 8 Ties that bind? Mapping and explaining the network activities of European mayors 96 Bas Denters and Kristof Steyvers 9 Councillors as local representatives: council, community, centralisation and complexity 115 Colin Copus 10 Gender and representation in local politics 129 Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir PART III DEMOCRACY 11 Local elections and voting: grasping vertical integration and horizontal variation 147 Adam Gendźwiłł, Ulrik Kjaer and Kristof Steyvers 12 Tracing developments in regional electoral democracy: the impact of regional authority, regional identity, and regional electoral systems on the regional vote 164 Arjan H. Schakel and Alexander Verdoes 13 Limits and challenges of citizen participation 184 Giovanni Allegretti and Massimo Allulli 14 Online participation 203 Norbert Kersting 15 Revisiting the local integrity system concept and theory 219 Luís de Sousa and Luís Filipe Mota Almeida PART IV PLACE 16 Political leadership: when place makes a difference 236 Robin Hambleton 17 Policy making at the local level 255 Catherine Durose, Beth Perry and Liz Richardson 18 Poverty and social cohesion in metropolitan areas 269 Jonathan Pratschke and Enrica Morlicchio 19 A new debate on local governance from the lenses of Earth System science 284 Sara Moreno Pires and Filipe Teles 20 Land-use management: local institutions and the power to shape 299 António F. Tavares PART V SCALE 21 Comparing local government systems and reforms in Europe: from New Public Management to digital era governance? 315 Sabine Kuhlmann and Justine Marienfeldt 22 Governance in contemporary metropolises: quo vadis the state? 332 Marisol García and Frank Moulaert 23 Metropolitan governance and policy challenges 349 Karsten Zimmermann 24 Regional governance and institutional collective action 364 Richard Clark Feiock 25 Intra-municipal decentralization: going below traditional tiers of government 377 Eduardo José Grin, José Hernández-Bonivento and Fernando Luiz Abrucio PART VI NETWORKS 26 Intermunicipal cooperation: an assessment of drivers and effects 395 Germà Bel and Marianna Sebő 27 Multi-level governance and democracy: a local governance perspective 409 Tiziana Caponio 28 Corporatization at the local level 423 Rhys Andrews 29 Performance management and accountability: the role of intergovernmental information systems 439 Jostein Askim and Åge Johnsen 30 Emerging technologies and the future of local e-governance 455 Gonçalo Paiva Dias PART VII THE DISCIPLINE(S) 31 Utopian experimentalism to learn about social transformation at a local and regional level 468 Daniel Silver 32 Teaching local and regional governance 482 Alistair Jones 33 Geographies of knowledge: centres and peripheries of local government studies in Europe 492 Paweł Swianiewicz Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (530 pages)
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General; Regional government; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning; Public administration; Regional government policies; Regional & area planning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800371200; 1800371209
• Related ISBNs: 9781800371194
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.