TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pierre, Jon.,
TI  - Politics of urban governance
SN  - 9780333732670 (hbk.)
AV  - JS78 .P5 2011
U1  - 320.85 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Municipal government
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Local government
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Sociology, Urban
KW  - Urban policy
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-164) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- The Challenge of Urban Governance * Rethinking the Local State * The Managerial City * The Corporatist City * The Pro-Growth City * The Welfare City * The Decline of Urban Politics? * Cities in Global Governance * Conclusion: The Future of Urban Politics
N2  - "This broad ranging new text analyses the emerging shape of urban politics in the twenty-first century. The author identifies 4 main "models" of urban governance--"management," "Corporatist." "Pro-Growth" and "Welfare"--and assesses their different implications for the major issues, interests and problems in the contemporary urban arena"--
ER  -