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Local Governance in Western Europe

  • ISBN-13: 9780761956365
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Peter John
  • Price: AUD $477.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 17/12/2001
  • Format: Hardback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 202 pages Weight: 530g
  • Categories: Regional government [JPR]Europe [1D]
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Local Governance in Western Europe provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. Peter John maps and explains the significant processes of change characterizing local government systems and places these in a genuinely comparative context. This unique book introduces the traditional structures and institutions of local government, showing how these have been transforming in response to: increased economic and political competition; new ideas; institutional reform; the Europeanization of public policy At the books core is the perceived transition from local government to local governance. This key development is traced thematically across a wide range of West European States including: Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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)
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
`Its strength lies in combining theoretical insights with an impressive range of empirical material. The analysis is subtle and multi-layered.... This is a timely and important book' - Political Studies `Local governance have gained massive attention among scholars and practitioners during the past several years. Peter John's book fills a void in the literature by tracing the historical roots of local governance and by placing his findings in a comparative perspective' - Professor Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden `Peter John has produced a fascinating and stimulating book in which he assesses current developments in urban politics and local government in Europe and suggests how these changes are leading to different patterns of sub-national territorial politics in the EU today. What he has to say is of important interest to all students of local government; comparative politics and of territorial politics more generally' - Michael Goldsmith, University of Salford
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