Main entry:

Le Galès, Patrick.

Title & Author:

European cities : social conflicts and governance / Patrick Le Galès.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Description:

vii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

European societies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-315) and indexes.
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.

Summary:

"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 exclusion and the increased mobility of some citizens. Are Europeans going to invent a new form of institutionalized and territorialized capitalism, of which medium-sized European cities will be one of the pillars and one of the actors? Failing that, the effects of changing scales may still be expressed as profound transformations of the European urban model."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0199243573 (hbk.)
9780199243570 (hbk.)
0199252785 (pbk.)
9780199252787 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns Europe.
Urban policy Europe.
Municipal government Europe.
European cooperation.
Villes Europe.
Politique urbaine Europe.
Administration municipale Europe.
Coopération européenne.
71.14 urban society.
Villes.
Sociologie urbaine.
Politique urbaine.
Administration locale.
Mondialisation.
Gouvernance.
UE/CE Etats membres.
Cities and towns
Municipal government
Urban policy
Europäische Integration
Nationalstaat
Soziale Situation
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Stadt
Stadtverwaltung
Verwaltung
Steden.
Stedelijk beleid.
Lokaal bestuur.
Sociale conflicten.
Economische aspecten.
CIDADES (ASPECTOS SOCIO-POLITICOS) EUROPA.
GLOBALIZAÇÃO.
SOCIOLOGIA URBANA.
Administration locale Europe.
Administration communale Pays de l'Union européenne.
Sociologie urbaine Pays de l'Union européenne.
Europe
Europa
Cities Europe.
Towns Europe.
Urban management Europe.
City government Europe.

Added entries:

European societies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225919
Call No.: HT131 .L43 2002
Status: Available