European cities : social conflicts and governance / Patrick Le Galès.
"European Cities shows why and how the bulk of European cities still appear to be original forms of compromise, aggregation, representation of diverse interests, and culture. Different modes of governance are gradually being structured in most middle size European cities despite social exclusio...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | European societies.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
Table of Contents:
- I. European Cities Within European Societies. 1. Introduction. 2. The Long History of the European City
- II. A 'Historical Interlude for European Cities'? 3. The Loosening Grip of the State and the Redistribution of Authority Within the European Union: A New Set of Parameters to Structure Modes of Urban Governance. 4. European Cities: A More Diverse but Robust Social Structure Within Eroding National Societies. 5. Cities and Capitalism: Are European Cities Likely to Dissolve in the Networks of Globalized Capitalism?
- III. Social and Political Actors Within European Cities and the Making of Urban Modes of Governance. 6. Cities as Incomplete Societies: Actors and Regulations. 7. Dynamic Mayors and Restructured City Councils. 8. Conclusion.