Title Multilevel urban governance and the "European City" : discussing metropolitan reforms in Stockholm and Helsinki / Nico Giersig

Edition 1st ed Published Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps Series VS research VS research. Contents Multilevel Urban Governance: Origin, Core Issues, Current Debates -- Theories of Urban Politics and Policies in a Changing Context -- From Urban Government to Multilevel Urban Governance -- Integrated Multilevel Urban Governance Analysis: Comparing Neostructuralist and Neo-Weberian Approaches -- Metropolitan Governance Reforms in Stockholm and Helsinki: An Indicator for Governance Transformations in Sweden and Finland -- Explaining the rationale of the research focus -- The Nordic Countries: A Comprehensive Political and Societal Model -- The Helsinki and Stockholm Regions in Context: Structural Characteristics, Recent Trends and New Challenges -- Metropolitan Cooperation, Integration and Conflict: Comparing Modes of Governance in the Finnish and Swedish Capital Regions -- Concluding Assessments Summary Nico Giersig exemplifies the specificities of Nordic cities within Europe as a whole by means of a systematic comparison of governance arrangements and their dynamics in two Nordic capital regions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) Notes Print version record Subject City planning -- Sweden -- Stockholm City planning -- Finland -- Helsinki Urban policy -- Sweden -- Stockholm Urban policy -- Finland -- Helsinki Municipal government -- Sweden -- Stockholm Municipal government -- Finland -- Helsinki Regional planning -- Sweden -- Stockholm Region Regional planning -- Finland -- Helsinki Region Urban policy -- Sweden -- Stockholm. Urban policy -- Finland -- Helsinki. Municipal government -- Sweden -- Stockholm. Municipal government -- Finland -- Helsinki. Regional planning -- Sweden -- Stockholm Region. Regional planning -- Finland -- Helsinki Region. City planning -- Sweden -- Stockholm. City planning -- Finland -- Helsinki. Sciences humaines. Sciences sociales. City planning Municipal government Regional planning Urban policy Finland -- Helsinki Finland -- Helsinki Region Sweden -- Stockholm Sweden -- Stockholm Region Form Electronic book ISBN 9783531909998 3531909991 3531159984 9783531159980 128177393X 9781281773937

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