Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions : In Search of Urban Gargantuas.

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Author / Creator:Jouve, Bernard.
Imprint:Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (273 pages)
Language:English
Series:Routledge Series in Federal Studies
Routledge series in regional and federal studies.
Subject:Municipal government -- Europe -- Case studies.
Community power -- Europe -- Case studies.
Federal-city relations -- Europe -- Case studies.
Metropolitan areas -- Europe -- Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Community power.
Federal-city relations.
Metropolitan areas.
Municipal government.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303955
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Other authors / contributors:Lefevre, Christian.
ISBN:9781135283780
1135283788
Notes:Print version record.
Summary:A comparative analysis of eight different urban areas - Bologna, Bordeaux, Geneve-Lausanne, Lyons, Manchester, Rotterdam, Stuttgart and Torino - examining key urban issues that are high on the policy agenda of every national government.
Other form:Print version: Jouve, Bernard. Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions : In Search of Urban Gargantuas. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780714652184
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Urban power structures: territories, actors and institutions in Europe; 2 The metropolitan city of Bologna: from the 'Third Italy' to the Second Republic?; 3 The institutional dynamic of the urban region of Bordeaux: from the 'Chaban system' to Alain Juppé; 4 Building a new territory: the urban region of Lyons; 5 Manchester: an old metropolis.
  • 6 Local government versus metropolitan government: the example of the Lake Geneva region7 Institutional policies in a federal state: the creation of the Association of the Urban Region of Stuttgart; 8 Turin: the vain search for Gargantua; 9 Greater Rotterdam: between local territoriality and national uniformity; Bibliography; Index.