Local Governance in Western Europe

Informationen zum Autor Peter John is Reader in the School of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, London. He is the author of Analysing Public Policy (London, Cassell, 1998) Klappentext This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the change in local political systems and to place these in comparative context. Zusammenfassung This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the change in local political systems and to place these in comparative context. Inhaltsverzeichnis From Local Government to Local Governance Local Government Systems in Western Europe Local Regimes in Western Europe The Europeanization of Sub-National Governance Privatization and the New Public Management Institutional Formation and Regionalism Leadership and the Local Executive Renewing Local Democracy Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Peter John, John Peter
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2001
• EAN: 9780761956372
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5637-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: SAGE Politics Texts series; Sage Politics Texts
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Urban Geography;Comparative Politics