Governing Cities in a Global Era

1. Global Trends, Diversity, and Local Democracy
Jill Simone Gross, Robin Hambleton

Part I. Global Pressures on Urban Governance

2. Rethinking Globalization—The Impact of Central Governments on World Cities
Takashi Tsukamoto, Ronald K. Vogel

3. Governing the Capital—Comparing Institutional Reform in Berlin, London, and Paris
Manfred Röber, Eckhard Schröter

4. Uneven Development, City Governance, and Urban Change—Unpacking the Global-Local Nexus in Dublin’s Inner City
Michael Punch, Declan Redmond, Sinead Kelly

5. Urban Governance in Developing Countries: Experiences and Challenges
Richard E. Stren

Part II. Innovations in Urban Government

6. Diversity and the Democratic Challenge—Governing World Cities
Jill Simone Gross

7. Changing Forms of Urban Government in Central and Eastern Europe
Pawel Swianiewicz

8. Innovation in Chinese Urban Governance: The Shanghai Experience
Tingwei Zhang

9. Urban Challenges in Latin American Cities: Medellín and the Limits of Governance
John J. Betancur

10. Metropolitan Governance in Australia—The Sydney Experience
Daniel Kübler, Bill Randolph

11. The New Ecology of Urban Governance: Special-Purpose Authorities and Urban Development
Dennis R. Judd, James M. Smith

Part III. Leadership, Partnership, and the Democratic Challenge

12. New Leadership for Democratic Urban Space
Robin Hambleton

13. Building the Global City—The Immigrant Experience of Urban Revitalization
Janice Bockmeyer

14. Professionals and the Conflicting Forces of Administrative Modernization and Civic Engagement
John Nalbandian

15. Against “Partnership”: Toward a Local Challenge to Global Neoliberalism
Jonathan S. Davies

Part IV. Governing Cities in a Global Era

16. From Governance to Governing
Robin Hambleton, Jill Simone Gross

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning