Beschreibung:
Previously published as a special issue of Policy Studies, this volume demonstrates the vitality of the field of urban politics and presents future challenges for urban political research.
Editorial: The Case for Urban Politics.Rethinking the Policy - Politics Connection.Patterns of Politics in Canada's Immigrant-Receiving Cities and Suburbs: How Immigrant Settlement Patterns Shape the Municipal Role in Multiculturalism Policy.Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed...: How Institutions Change (and Stay the Same) in Local Governance.Local Governance and the Dialectics of Hierarchy, Market and Network.Globalisation/Commodification or Deglobalisation/Decommodification in Urban South Africa.Neoliberalism and Local Governance - Cross-National Perspectives and Speculations