Public Service Improvement

Policies, progress and prospects

Edited by Martin Steve

This is an excellent new contribution to current academic and policy debates, and will be of great interest internationally to all students, researchers, public sector...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46410-9 (Routledge)

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Governance in Ethnically Mixed Cities

Edited by Sherrill Stroschein

This collection of original essays breaks new ground by examining the dynamics of ethnic politics at the local level, rather than following in the footsteps...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45126-0 (Routledge)

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Urban Governance and Democracy

Leadership and Community Involvement

Edited by Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt, Murray Stewart

The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45979-2 (Routledge)

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Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe

The Rebirth of Local Democracy

Edited by Andrew Coulson, Adrian Campbell

Advocates of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe before 1989 placed great emphasis on community self-government as the basis of civil society and democracy. After...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41152-3 (Routledge)

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Half a Century of Municipal Decline

1935-1985

Edited by Martin Louglin, M. David Gelfand, Ken Young

Local government passed unscathed through the political and economic upheavals which followed the Great Depression. Contemporary commentators had every reason to look forward to continued...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41750-1 (Routledge)

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Urban Politics

A Sociological Interpretation

By Peter Saunders

In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies.

The...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41773-0 (Routledge)

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International Migration and Globalization of Domestic Politics

Edited by Rey Koslowski

Increasing international migration, the information revolution and democratization have propelled a globalization of the domestic politics of many states and, although diasporic politics is not...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42967-2 (Routledge)

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Local Partnership and Social Exclusion in the European Union

New Forms of Local Social Governance?

Edited by John Benington, Mike Geddes

This book explores local partnership-based initiatives to tackle European-wide problems of poverty and social exclusion. A major comparative study of the fast developing theme of...

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-23922-6 (Routledge)

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