ABSTRACT
This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 7|17 pages
Arrested metropolitanism: limits and contradictions of municipal governance reform in Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto
Limits and contradictions of municipal governance reform in
chapter 9|18 pages
Reform and democracy in the Rotterdam region
An evaluation of the attempt to create a regional government