Regional, state and other local government Books

Book SynopsisIncluding key research articles from specialists in the field, this volume provides an introduction and critical insights into the most important debates surrounding the governance of contemporary China. The material will enable readers to understand how China is ruled, how participation and protest are regulated by the authorities, and the relationship between the Central state and its local agencies. Spanning the most important areas of the subject, the chosen articles explore the study of Chinese politics, the nature of the Chinese political system, the policy-making process, the nature of the local state, participation and protest, and authoritarian resilience or democratization.Professor Saich's collection brings together essential reading for students of China, those who are interested in comparative politics and the general reader who wants a coherent introduction about how China is ruled.33 Articles, dating from 1992 to 2013Contributors include: D.S.G. Goodman, M. Manion, A.C. Mertha, A.J. Nathan, B. Naughton, K.J. O'Brien, J. C. Oi, E.J. Perry, V. Shih, L.L. TsaiTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Tony Saich PART I THE STUDY OF CHINESE POLITICS 1. Elizabeth J. Perry (2007) ‘Studying Chinese Politics: Farewell to Revolution?’, China Journal, 57, January, 1–22 2. Kevin J. O’Brien (2011), ‘Studying Chinese Politics in an Age of Specialization’, Journal of Contemporary China, 20 (71), September, 535–41 3. Gunter Schubert (2008), ‘One-Party Rule and the Question of Legitimacy in Contemporary China: Preliminary Thoughts on Setting Up a New Research Agenda’, Journal of Contemporary China, 17 (54), February, 191–204 PART II THE NATURE OF THE CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM 4. Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman (2012), ‘The China Model: One Country, Six Authors’, Journal of Contemporary China, 21 (73), January, 169–85 5. Jude Howell (2006), ‘Reflections on the Chinese State’, Development and Change, 37 (2), March, 273–97 6. Steve Tsang (2009), ‘Consultative Leninism: China’s New Political Framework’, Journal of Contemporary China, 18 (62), November, 865–80 7. Kellee S. Tsai (2006), ‘Adaptive Informal Institutions and Endogenous Institutional Change in China’, World Politics, 59 (1), October, 116–41 8. Barry Naughton (2010), ‘China’s Distinctive System: Can It Be a Model for Others?’, Journal of Contemporary China, 19 (65), June, 437–60 PART III THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS 9. Sebastian Heilmann (2008), ‘Policy Experimentation in China’s Economic Rise’, Studies in Comparative International Development, 43, March, 1–26 10. Gabriella Montinola, Yingyi Qian, and Barry R. Weingast (1995), ‘Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China’, World Politics, 48 (1), October, 50–81 11. Hongbin Cai and Daniel Treisman (2006), ‘Did Government Decentralization Cause China’s Economic Miracle?’, World Politics, 58 (4), July, 505–35 12. Andrew C. Mertha (2005), ‘China’s “Soft” Centralization: Shifting Tiao/Kuai Authority Relations’, China Quarterly, 184, December, 791–810 13. Andrew Mertha (2009), ‘“Fragmented Authoritarianism 2.0”: Political Pluralization in the Chinese Policy Process’, China Quarterly, 200, December, 995–1012 PART IV THE NATURE OF THE LOCAL STATE 14. Jean C. Oi (1992), ‘Fiscal Reform and the Economic Foundations of Local State Corporatism in China’, World Politics, 45 (1), October, 99–126 15. Tony Saich (2002), ‘The Blind Man and the Elephant: Analysing the Local State in China’, in Luigi Tomba (ed.), East Asian Capitalism: Conflicts, Growth and Crisis, Milan, Italy: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 75–99 16. Lily L. Tsai (2007), ‘Solidary Groups, Informal Accountability, and Local Public Goods Provision in Rural China’, American Political Science Review, 101 (2), May, 355–72 17. Graeme Smith (2010), ‘The Hollow State: Rural Governance in China’, China Quarterly, 203, September, 601–18 18. Victor Shih, Christopher Adolph and Mingxing Liu (2012), ‘Getting Ahead in the Communist Party: Explaining the Advancement of Central Committee Members in China’, American Political Science Review, 106 (1), February, 166–87 19. Tony Saich (2012), ‘The Quality of Governance in China: The Citizens’ View’, Harvard Kennedy School, Faculty Research Working Paper Series, RWP12-051, i, 1–41 PART V PARTICIPATION AND PROTEST 20. Tony Saich (2006), ‘Negotiating the State: The Development of Social Organizations in China’, in Lowell Dittmer and Guoli Liu (eds), China’s Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition, Chapter 10, Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman and Littlefield, 285–301 21. Jessica C. Teets (2013), ‘Let Many Civil Societies Bloom: The Rise of Consultative Authoritarianism in China’, China Quarterly, 213, March, 19–38 22. Patricia M. Thornton (2013), ‘The Advance of the Party: Transformation or Takeover of Urban Grassroots Society?’, China Quarterly, 213, March, 1–18 23. Melanie Manion (2006), ‘Democracy, Community, Trust: The Impact of Elections in Rural China’, Comparative Political Studies, 39 (3), April, 301–23 24. Pierre F. Landry, Deborah Davis and Shiru Wang (2010), ‘Elections in Rural China: Competition Without Parties’, Comparative Political Studies, 43 (6), June, 763–90 25. Kevin J. O’Brien and Rongbin Han (2009), ‘Path to Democracy? Assessing Village Elections in China’, Journal of Contemporary China, 18 (60), June, 359–78 26. Tony Saich and Xuedong Yang (2003), ‘Innovation in China’s Local Governance: “Open Recommendation and Selection”’, Pacific Affairs, 76 (2), Summer, 185–208 27. Yongshun Cai (2008), ‘Power Structure and Regime Resilience: Contentious Politics in China’, British Journal of Political Science, 38 (3), July, 411–32 28. Lianjiang Li (2010), ‘Rights Consciousness and Rules Consciousness in Contemporary China’, China Journal, 64, July, 47–68 29. Elizabeth J. Perry (2008), ‘Chinese Conceptions of “Rights”: From Mencius to Mao—and Now’, Perspectives on Politics, 6 (1), March, 37–50 PART VI AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE OR DEMOCRATIZATION 30. Andrew J. Nathan (2003), ‘Authoritarian Resilience’, Journal of Democracy, 14 (1), January, 6–17 31. Bruce J. Dickson (2006), ‘Cooptation and Corporatism in China: The Logic of Party Adaptation’, in Lowell Dittmer and Guoli Liu (eds), China’s Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition, Chapter 4, Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman and Littlefield, 119–43 32. Henry S. Rowen (2007), ‘When Will the Chinese People Be Free?’, Journal of Democracy, 18 (3), July, 38–52 33. Cheng Li (2012), ‘The End of the CCP’s Resilient Authoritarianism? A Tripartite Assessment of Shifting Power in China’, China Quarterly, September, 595–623 Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. Jon Pierre and Guy Peters expertly guide the reader through governance - one of the most widely used terms in political science - and its differing interpretations, with comprehensive discussion of the key issues covering global as well as local level governance. A detailed look into what constitutes 'good governance', whether produced by a government or by more informal means, is also explored. Key features include: examination of what governance is, how it is created and the differing styles of governance how governance is becoming more collaborative between governments and the private sector an investigation into the governance process and outcomes, including topics such as bargaining, negotiation and the use of political power. This insightful Advanced Introduction will be an excellent resource for both graduates and undergraduates studying governance and political science. It will also be a useful guide for academics who are interested in governance and who need a concise introduction.Trade Review‘A fair commentary on this book is that it is wisdom distilled. If you want to grapple with governance and get a clear sense of its core, this is the book for you. If you want to understand some of its subtleties and complexities, this is also the book for you. These authors are the joint godfathers of governance. They are making you an offer you should not refuse.’ -- Gerry Stoker, University of Southampton, UK'With their typical clarity, Pierre and Peters manage to bring an enormous range of dispersed research together into a focused framework for analyzing governance--a framework that puts governance into perspective by illuminating its distinctive features and by making its relationship to government and governing crystal clear. The result is a highly readable account that will greatly enhance cross-national research.' -- Christopher Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, US'This Advanced Introduction, authored by two internationally leading scholars in the field, provides a much needed, inspiring and reflected analysis of theories and concepts of governance. Based on innovative analytical distinctions, the book offers a highly accessible and encompassing approach to study one of the most important concepts in the public policy and public administration literature.' -- Christoph Knill, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: What is governance? 2. Etatiste governance 3. Network and interactive governance 4. Multilevel governance 5. Informal governance 6. Metagovernance: The governance of governance 7. Good governance? 8. Theoretical and methodological issues in governance research References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This timely and insightful Research Agenda for Federalism Studies brings together comparative reflections from leading scholars across five continents on the past, present and future of federalism research. Addressing the research needs of federalism studies around the world, contributors focus on political theory, constitutionalism, self-rule, gender, diversity and conflict resolution, as well as challenges for federalism in Africa, Asia and Europe, to identify contemporary research lacunae and seek out new directions for investigation. In a world where more than 40 percent of the world's people live in federal systems, this impressive book provides accessible guidance through a profuse and complex research terrain. This rich source of ideas and research pathways offers critical insight for graduate students of political science and comparative government, as well as senior scholars seeking fresh perspectives on federalism studies. Contributors include: N. Aroney, J. Bednar, H. Bhattacharyya, P. Dardanelli, J. Dinan, A. Fenna, A.-G. Gagnon, T.O. Hueglin, S. Keil, J. Kincaid, A. Lecours, S. Mueller, F. Palermo, C. Saunders, N. Steytler, A. Tremblay, A. Valdesalici, J. VickersTrade Review'In 16 crisp, highly-readable chapters by recognized federalism scholars, this collection meets two important objectives. It synthesizes state-of-the-art research on a broad range of aspects related to federal studies, and identifies areas where further theoretical, comparative and empirical research is needed. In so doing it provides a helpful road-map on where federal studies stand, and an innovative compass on where they should be heading.' --Johanne Poirier, McGill University Faculty of Law, Canada'A great collection arriving when global politics is navigating unknown waters. In such times, open-minded reflection and sure-footed knowledge of every federal experience should take priority over scholasticism and methodological perfectionism. Commendably, most chapters stay clear of the practice of cross-referencing the like-minded. Instead, scholars across various disciplines propose different research agendas bringing dynamism, relevance and nuance to what is likely to be a solution to the challenges awaiting us.' --Jan Erk, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies is a treasure-trove of solid federalism scholarship as well as a compilation of questions as yet unanswered. The contributors provide a first rate research agenda for scholars--especially new scholars--seeking to make a difference in this subfield.' --Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies 1 John Kincaid 1 Federalism and political theory: a case of mutual neglect? 15 Thomas O. Hueglin 2 Federalism theory: the boundary problem, robustness and dynamics 27 Jenna Bednar 3 Federalism and constitutionalism: challenges presented by dominant conceptions of the unitary state 39 Cheryl Saunders 4 Subnational constitutions: a research agenda 50 John Dinan 5 Federalism and courts: research avenues 61 Nicholas Aroney 6 What hope for comparative federalism? 76 Alan Fenna 7 The peregrinations of fiscal federalism: past, present and future of a research agenda 93 Alice Valdesalici 8 De/centralization 106 Paolo Dardanelli 9 The gender-and-federalism research field: past, present and future 117 Jill Vickers 10 Federalism and diversity: a new research agenda 129 Alain-G. Gagnon and Arjun Tremblay 11 Federalism and nationalism 140 André Lecours 12 Federalism as a tool of conflict resolution 151 Soeren Keil 13 Federalism and the politics of shared rule 162 Sean Mueller 14 Non-centralism in Africa: in search of the federal idea 175 Nico Steytler 15 Federalism in Asia: beyond the diversity problematic 187 Harihar Bhattacharyya 16 Federalism and the European Union: asymmetry, policies and some recurring federal dilemmas 198 Francesco Palermo Index 209

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This incisive Research Agenda for Governance draws together unique contributions from leading scholars to examine the two distinct models of governance: the traditional model, based on the state and exercise of control through law and bureaucracy, and an alternative model centred on the collaboration of public and private sector actors.Introducing the essential principles and rationale of these alternative models of governance, both of which can be seen operating at all levels of government in democratic as well as non-democratic regimes, the chapters evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the two systems. Drawing conclusions from critical areas of inquiry, including multi-level governance, the nature of governance in democratic and authoritarian regimes, and digital innovations in governance, the book offers a richly detailed insight into the respective workings of the models of governing by control and by collaboration.This Research Agenda will be an invaluable resource for academics and graduate students of public policy, regulation and governance, and public administration management. Its measured consideration of the possibilities for enhancing public innovation via alternative models of governance will also be of significant interest to employees within the public sector.Trade Review‘This is essential stuff for anyone interested in real processes of governance. If you want to understand how new forms of collaboration with citizens become intertwined with traditional modes of hierarchical governance – and in the challenges this poses for governance practices and governance research – this book is essential. It is also written in easily accessible language while simultaneously drawing on a very rich base of expert knowledge. A fascinating read!’ -- Thomas Schillemans, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Foundations for thinking about governance 2. State-centric governance 3. The rise of collaborative governance 4. Metagovernance 5. How does collaboration function in multilevel governance? 6. What is good governance and how good is it? 7. How collaborative governance can make political systems more democratic and effective 8. The promise, perils and pitfalls of digital governance 9. Is global governance possible? 10. Measuring governance 11. The quest for public innovation 12. Conclusion: the implications of control and collaboration in public governance Index

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Book SynopsisThe role of regions in the European Union has been frequently debated since the 1980s. This comprehensive book provides a thorough overview of the issue from a variety of perspectives, analysing regional governance and territorial dynamics in the EU and its member states. Focusing on the implications of the democratisation-regionalisation nexus, it argues that a 'Europe with the regions' may promote good governance and ameliorate the democratic deficits of the EU. The book's contributions offer a multidisciplinary approach to the study of governance in the EU and highlight the significance of regions and regionalisation for the EU's future. Through a combination of empirical, conceptual, theoretical and normative approaches, chapters address both intra-state and transnational developments to provide a fresh and exciting addition to the literature on new regionalism and democratic theory. Favouring a modest notion of a 'Europe with the regions' rather than the dominant maximalist vision, it embeds these developments in the ongoing debate about the future of the EU. Students and academics exploring regional governance and the EU will find this book's unique conclusions and crucial insights of great value. The book's distinct perspective on European governance will also be of benefit to policy-makers and EU think-tanks.Trade Review'Although hopes for a ''Europe of the regions'' have long been quashed, this important volume recognises and explores the obstinacy of regions in contemporary politics. The interdisciplinary and broad-ranging discussion provides a rigorous and much-needed re-assessment both of the status quo of regional governance and the role that regions can and should play in tackling the current crises of democratic politics in Europe.' --Anwen Elias, Aberystwyth University, UK'A strong collection of studies devoted to the comeback of the idea of a ''Europe with the regions''. Writing from multidisciplinary perspectives, a team of both more-established and younger scholars explores the idea of a Europe with the regions, the current role of regions in the EU, intra-regional political dynamics and the role of the EU in the regions. This edited volume provides a rich source for anyone who is interested in territorial politics, European governance and multilevel democracies.' --Klaus Detterbeck, University of Göttingen, Germany'Irrespective of volatile slogans like ''Europe of the regions'', of changing political priorities and of shifting academic attention, the regional dimension remains key to the functioning of Europe. This volume unveils a neglected reality and puts regional studies back at the core of the European debate.' --Francesco Palermo, University of Verona and Eurac Research, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface by the editors 1. Regional Governance in the EU or: What Happened to the ‘Europe of the Regions’? Introduction Gabriele Abels and Jan Battke Part I: Normative and Conceptual Perspective on Regionalisation and Governance The Contribution of Regions to EU Democracy Simona Piattoni 3. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Good Governance in Relation to Regional and Local Participation in EU Decision-Making Processes Carlo Panara 4. Neo-regionalism in Europe: The Process of Delimiting Regional Boundaries François-Olivier Seys Part II: Dynamics of Intra-state Regionalisation and its Implications 5. Developing Autonomy – Are there Alternatives to Secession? Roland Sturm 6. The Catalan Secession Bid – Between Structural and Contemporary Tensions within the State of Autonomies Mario Kölling 7. Reforming the Territorial Constitution in Italy: Some Reflections on Durability and Change Matteo Nicolini Part III: Macro-regional Dynamics and European Integration 8. Scaling and Rescaling in EU Spatial Governance Franziska Sielker and Dominic Stead 9. Experimentalist Governance and EU Macro-regional Strategies: New Dynamics in European Regional and Territorial Cooperation? Stefan Gänzle 10. Cultural Dimension of Macro-regions. A Prospective Reflection Thomas Perrin Part IV: Regions in Supranational Democratic Governance 11. The EU’s Multilevel Parliamentary System: Escaping from the Trilemma of Market Integration, National Democracy and National Sovereignty Peter Bursens 12. Regions and the Parliamentarisation of EU Governance: Is the Early Warning System the Solution? Anna-Lena Högenauer 13. Regions as Lobbyists Michaël Tatham 14. Conclusions: A ‘Europe with the Regions’ in the Making Jan Battke and Gabriele Abels Index

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Book SynopsisHolistic in approach, this Handbook’s international range of leading scholars present complementary perspectives, both theoretical and empirically pertinent, to explore recent developments in the field of local and regional governance.With a fresh outlook on the field, this Handbook builds significantly upon the existing literature to clarify the scope of the discipline, as well as providing tools, information, and research questions to better understand and further explore the field. Chapters provide theoretical and empirical context to current debates on local and regional governance and offer competing analytical lenses for studying the field. Topics explored include the intersecting roles, limits, opportunities, and influence of actors, democracy, place, scale, and networks, with examinations of social cohesion, intermunicipal decentralization, and emerging technologies. Particularly close attention is paid to relationships, as the Handbook introduces to the analysis the ways that actors, tiers of government, institutions and multiple jurisdictions exchange resources, coordinate action and produce decisions with collective impact in local and regional governance.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this Handbook will be an invigorating read for students and scholars looking to better understand contemporary policy, politics and subnational governance at local and regional levels.Trade Review'The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance brings together a timely and much-needed collection of essays on a myriad set of issues that synthesizes enduring questions and challenges in governing subnational systems. A leading scholar of local governance, Filipe Teles has assembled a compelling volume that is theoretically rigorous and empirically rich in its depth and breadth of contributions from around the world. Scholars and practitioners will benefit from these insightful conversations and reflections on the future of local and regional governance.' -- Thomas J. Vicino, Northeastern University, US'The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance is probably the most comprehensive publication on governance issues to date. With a coverage of governance problems from meta-governance to citizen participation in cross-boundary policy networks, from those of digital era governance to ethical challenges of fragmented decision-making systems, the Handbook offers fresh perspectives on and analytical tools for better understanding of the issues involved. The contributions will set new directions for teaching as well as future research on the subject in the years to come.’ -- Harald Baldersheim, University of Oslo, Norway‘With this book, Teles and colleagues have raised the study of local governance to a new level. This is a comprehensive synthesis of work in the field and will map out future work for a considerable time in the future. This is essential reading for any scholar and student working in this field.’ -- Peter John, King's College London, UK‘The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance is a very welcome, comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge within a broad range of relevant areas in this field of research. I would recommend it to the professional researcher as well as to the undergraduate student.’ -- Anders Lidström, Professor Emeritus, Umeå University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: local and regional governance – a negotiated arena 1 Filipe Teles PART I CONTEXT 2 Governance and metagovernance failure: exploring their spatial dimensions 13 Bob Jessop 3 Effective local governance 27 Geert Bouckaert 4 The right to local self-government 40 Warren Magnusson 5 Trust and local government: a positive relationship? 50 Gerry Stoker, Hannah Bunting and Lawrence McKay 6 Decentralisation and autonomy: a picture of big differences 66 Andreas Ladner and Nicolas Keuffer PART II ACTORS 7 Local citizenship 85 Hubert Heinelt 8 Ties that bind? Mapping and explaining the network activities of European mayors 96 Bas Denters and Kristof Steyvers 9 Councillors as local representatives: council, community, centralisation and complexity 115 Colin Copus 10 Gender and representation in local politics 129 Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir PART III DEMOCRACY 11 Local elections and voting: grasping vertical integration and horizontal variation 147 Adam Gendźwiłł, Ulrik Kjaer and Kristof Steyvers 12 Tracing developments in regional electoral democracy: the impact of regional authority, regional identity, and regional electoral systems on the regional vote 164 Arjan H. Schakel and Alexander Verdoes 13 Limits and challenges of citizen participation 184 Giovanni Allegretti and Massimo Allulli 14 Online participation 203 Norbert Kersting 15 Revisiting the local integrity system concept and theory 219 Luís de Sousa and Luís Filipe Mota Almeida PART IV PLACE 16 Political leadership: when place makes a difference 236 Robin Hambleton 17 Policy making at the local level 255 Catherine Durose, Beth Perry and Liz Richardson 18 Poverty and social cohesion in metropolitan areas 269 Jonathan Pratschke and Enrica Morlicchio 19 A new debate on local governance from the lenses of Earth System science 284 Sara Moreno Pires and Filipe Teles 20 Land-use management: local institutions and the power to shape 299 António F. Tavares PART V SCALE 21 Comparing local government systems and reforms in Europe: from New Public Management to digital era governance? 315 Sabine Kuhlmann and Justine Marienfeldt 22 Governance in contemporary metropolises: quo vadis the state? 332 Marisol García and Frank Moulaert 23 Metropolitan governance and policy challenges 349 Karsten Zimmermann 24 Regional governance and institutional collective action 364 Richard Clark Feiock 25 Intra-municipal decentralization: going below traditional tiers of government 377 Eduardo José Grin, José Hernández-Bonivento and Fernando Luiz Abrucio PART VI NETWORKS 26 Intermunicipal cooperation: an assessment of drivers and effects 395 Germà Bel and Marianna Sebő 27 Multi-level governance and democracy: a local governance perspective 409 Tiziana Caponio 28 Corporatization at the local level 423 Rhys Andrews 29 Performance management and accountability: the role of intergovernmental information systems 439 Jostein Askim and Åge Johnsen 30 Emerging technologies and the future of local e-governance 455 Gonçalo Paiva Dias PART VII THE DISCIPLINE(S) 31 Utopian experimentalism to learn about social transformation at a local and regional level 468 Daniel Silver 32 Teaching local and regional governance 482 Alistair Jones 33 Geographies of knowledge: centres and peripheries of local government studies in Europe 492 Paweł Swianiewicz Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the high frequency of their interactions, the policy coordination process between the United Nations (UN) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been underexamined in global and regional governance and ASEAN studies literature. To chart this important terrain, this incisive book contributes to scholarship by investigating UN-ASEAN policy coordination in the case of trafficking in persons (TIP).Guangyu Qiao-Franco advances a conceptual framework designed to explore the coordination between the UN and ASEAN, based on theories of policy transfer, norm diffusion, regime complex, and institutional interaction. By examining an extensive case study that traces developments in Southeast Asian regional governance since the early 1980s, this book contains rich information on the UN and ASEAN’s TIP policies, lobbying and involvement of various actors, and the specific historical contexts of regional policy debates. Featuring analysis based on empirical data collected through 79 interviews with key participants in the TIP policy process across Southeast Asia, the book reveals the black box of ASEAN policymaking that has led to positive changes in human trafficking governance.This dynamic book will interest students and scholars of international relations, law, criminology, and migration studies. Its consideration of how disparate regional states might collaborate on human trafficking issues will further benefit practitioners and professionals working in governments of ASEAN member states, international organisations, and NGOs.Trade Review‘UN-ASEAN Coordination presents pioneering research on policy transfer from the United Nations to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in human trafficking. Guangyu Qiao-Franco makes an important contribution to our understanding of policy transfer by elucidating how trust built at regional and international levels brings policy changes.’ -- Nana Oishi, University of Melbourne, Australia‘Dr. Qiao-Franco has produced an original and insightful analysis of a serious problem in today’s world – human trafficking, particularly within and from South-East Asia. But arguably the most valuable aspect of her analysis is the focus on the interaction between the UN and ASEAN in combating this evil, and on why coordination between the two is higher than in other policy areas.’ -- Leslie Holmes, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to UN-ASEAN Coordination: Policy Transfer and Regional Cooperation Against Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia 2. Conceptualising UN-ASEAN Policy Transfer 3. The Evolution of UN Frameworks on Human Trafficking and Competing Narratives in UN-ASEAN Policy Transfer 4. Southeast Asia Human Trafficking Status Overview, Relevant Actors and Networks 5. Before the ASEAN Convention: Trafficking in Persons as a Transnational Crime Conflated with Sex Trafficking 6. Negotiating the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons: Towards a Broader Understanding of Trafficking Conclusion Appendix A Fieldtrip Itinerary and Affiliated Organisations of Interviewees Index

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Book SynopsisIn this timely book, Carol S. Weissert proves that federalism is highly relevant to the modern world and worthy of deeper academic study. Highlighting the dynamic nature of federalism, this book focuses on linking scholarship to the policy and politics of federalism in the US and across the world.Combining work by American federalism and comparative federalism scholars, Weissert explores how researchers from across these fields can learn from each other. Chapters analyse both traditional and newer approaches to federalism, identifying areas of success and suggestions for further study. The book focuses on the challenges facing federalism today, in particular analysing the impact of federalism on governmental responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Other issues covered include the impact of political polarisation on federalism, intergovernmental conflict, the drive towards centralisation, multi-level governance, and public scepticism of government.Offering up-to-date insights into the theory and practice of federalism, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of American and comparative federalism, political science, public administration, governance, and constitutional studies.Trade Review‘Carol S. Weissert has produced an incredibly valuable and timely resource for scholars, students and practitioners of contemporary federalism. Rethinking Federalism Studies provides a comprehensive and insightful synopsis of the discipline while also providing a thought provoking assessment of whether federalism can help address the fundamental challenges facing democracies.’ -- Richard Eccleston, University of Tasmania, Australia‘The book offers fresh thinking on myriad challenges confronting American federalism such as creeping centralization and nationalization, citizens’ lack of trust in government, extreme partisan polarization, and widening intergovernmental conflict. Weissert exposes tensions in the system and identifies critical questions for federalism scholars to pursue. Engaging writing and compelling evidence make Rethinking Federalism Studies essential reading for those concerned about America’s future.’ -- Ann O’M. Bowman, Texas A&M University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The relevance of federalism research 2. Political parties and federalism 3. Federalism in times of crisis 4. Intergovernmental relations: the hidden dimension of government 5. Federalism and public policy 6. Fiscal federalism 7. A look ahead for federalism scholarship References Index

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Book SynopsisDemonstrating the crucial importance of local governance in China’s development and international relations, this topical Handbook combines theoretical approaches with novel methodological tools to understand state–society relations at the local level.The Handbook assesses the formal mechanisms that organize territorial relations and scales of state to reconceptualize the local in China’s sociopolitical history. Addressing the complexity of local governance, it examines both the state and societal actors that are involved in how local policies are designed and implemented. Chapters review the emerging literature on Chinese bureaucracy, central–local relations, administrative hierarchies, functional division of power in local governments, and policy innovation. Looking towards the future of the neoliberal capitalist world order, the Handbook also considers economic governance at the local level in the evolving contexts of digitalization and green transformation before tackling issues related to social governance including housing policies and public services.Interdisciplinary in scope, this comprehensive Handbook will be essential to students and scholars of Asian politics, policy, urban studies, and regulation and governance. It will also benefit policymakers across Asia working in governmental regulation and public administration and management.Trade Review‘”The local” is the venue where interests coalesce and great visions are tested and assessed. The Handbook on Local Governance in China presents the latest state-of-the-art review on this critical subject matter by skilfully marrying the more traditional, structural focus centring on policy processes within the multi-tier party-state apparatus, and the broader sociological and political economy dimensions centring on state-society interactions in a co-governance perspective. The empirical focus on two emerging policy areas –digitalization and green policy – adds caviar to the plate.' -- Linda Chelan Li, City University of Hong Kong‘This superb, nuanced interdisciplinary volume is packed with hitherto unresearched material, conceptualized and analyzed creatively and knowledgeably. The Handbook uncovers the inner workings of governance, plus societal reaction. Each chapter offers a wealth of new data illuminated by sophisticated interpretation. All scholars of domestic China will find much of value here.’ -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiv List of abbreviations xv Introduction to the Handbook on Local Governance in China 1 Ceren Ergenc PART I SCALES OF STATE 1 Central control and local governance: the political economy of change since 1949 10 David S.G. Goodman 2 From the administrative hierarchy to the system of administrative divisions 30 Carolyn Cartier and Puzhou Wu 3 The administrative structure and restructuring of cities in contemporary China 48 Kyle A. Jaros 4 The internal organization of local government in China 66 Nabo Chen and Xueguang Zhou 5 Xi’s third way: illiberal institutionalization 85 Björn Alpermann and Philipp C.D. Immel 6 Cadres and local policy experimentation 98 Reza Hasmath and Jessica C. Teets 7 Developments in urban neighborhood governance 112 Beibei Tang 8 Informal governance at China’s borders 127 Tak-Wing Ngo 9 Public participation in local governance: formal and deliberative institutions 138 Ceren Ergenc 10 Technocracy on the ground: cadre competence, expert involvement, and scientific advice in China’s local governance 151 Anna L. Ahlers PART II ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE 11 Digital governance in China 177 Genia Kostka 12 The digitalization and evolution of China’s vertical governance model 207 Xiang Gao 13 Cyberspace and social governance: the role of the Cyberspace Administration office 223 Yiran Li 14 Local environmental governance 243 Daniele Brombal 15 Green and low-carbon-oriented urban redevelopment: the transformation of urban governance in China 259 Chen Li and Mark Wang 16 The entrepreneurial state: the case of Wuxi’s solar industry 271 Minglu Chen and Juan Chen 17 Service organization reform at the local level 282 Chenyang He, Ning Liu, and Carlos Wing-Hung Lo 18 Solid waste governance in cities 299 Natalie W.M. Wong PART III SOCIAL GOVERNANCE 19 The political economy of local housing governance: 1949–2022 306 Zhao Zhang 20 Newly founded local universities: “land-grant colleges” on Chinese soil? 331 Qiang Zha 21 Welfare policy at the local level 345 Xian Huang 22 Migrants and local social inclusion 360 Wanyang Hu 23 Urban China and COVID-19: how Chinese cities responded to the pandemic 378 Xuefei Ren 24 Labour relations governance at the local level 386 Frank Lefeng Lin 25 Innovative state and local variations: governing religion in Greater Suzhou 405 Keping Wu 26 Judicial relations in local China 415 Juan Wang and Sitao Li 27 The challenge of controlling corruption at the grassroots 427 Andrew Wedeman Glossary 448 Index

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Book SynopsisTeaching Federalism presents innovative ideas for teaching a wide variety of key concepts of federalism and federal-country cases. Each chapter introduces a topic, explains its place in federalism research, and provides learning objectives, pedagogical tools, and questions for class discussions, student essays, and examinations. Evaluation and reading suggestions are included as well.The book covers twenty substantive facets of federalism important for understanding contemporary issues of federalism and federation, such as power distribution, second chambers, high courts, intergovernmental relations, fiscal federalism, multinational federalism, conflict resolution, indigenous peoples, gendered federalism, and secession. Also included are case-study examples for teaching about federalism in Germany, India, Nigeria, Switzerland, and the United States.Educators around the world who teach federalism or wish to do so will find this a wonderful resource for lesson plans on a wide variety of issues related to federalism. Students studying federalism will also find it invaluable as an introductory resource for important topics and readings on the subject.Trade Review‘Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches takes us past the comfort zone of traditional teaching on federalism in the West by laying out its analyses in a truly global and inclusive manner. The textbook contains twenty chapters covering almost every substantive facet of federalism, ranging from fiscal federalism to intergovernmental relations, from social policymaking to political culture. Most contributions are written by political scientists—some with a pronounced philosophical bent, but a few chapters are penned by law scholars, and one was written by an economist.’ -- Jan Erk, The Journal of Federalism'Recent events across the world have highlighted the importance of federalism. Yet too often, even political science students have only the most basic idea of what federalism is and why it is important. This book will help alleviate that ignorance with its systematic approach to teaching federalism, as it provides a treasure trove of information in an accessible format on comparative federalism that will help fill a gap in knowledge of this pivotal and timely area.' -- Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, US‘A rare collection of concise essays on key federal topics and countries with great ideas on how to teach them. Implementing these ideas in class will be both intellectually inspiring and fun.’ -- Sean Mueller, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvii Rupak Chattopadhyay Acknowledgments xxi Introduction to Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches 1 John Kincaid and J. Wesley Leckrone 1 Theories of covenant and federalism: deep roots with multiple shoots 4 Glenn Moots 2 The Federalist: the world’s seminal source on federalism 14 Troy E. Smith and Ryan D. Nelson 3 Comparative federalism: what is a federation and how do we study more than one? 25 Alan Fenna 4 Federalism and constitutionalism: a relation based on interdependency 33 Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo 5 Distribution of powers in federal systems: federalism’s heart 45 John Kincaid 6 Second chambers in federal systems: shared-rule guarantors or party hacks? 57 Anna Gamper 7 High courts in federations: neutral referees or team players? 67 Nicholas Aroney 8 Intergovernmental relations: federalism’s lifeblood? 79 Johanne Poirier 9 Fiscal federalism: federalism’s nerve tissue? 91 Anwar Shah 10 Federal political culture: federalism’s glue? 104 David McGrane 11 Political parties in federal systems: key players in the federal game 113 Klaus Detterbeck 12 Local governments in federal systems: deepening federal democracy? 123 Nico Steytler 13 Federalism and democracy 133 Robert P. Inman 14 Multinational, multicultural, intercultural, and plurinational federalism 141 Arjun Tremblay and Alain-G. Gagnon 15 Federalism and conflict resolution: mixed success? 154 Soeren Keil 16 Asymmetric vs. symmetric federalism: equity vs. equality 165 Maja Sahadžić 17 Secession in federal systems: voice versus exit 176 Eva Maria Belser and Robin Beglinger 18 Social policymaking in federal systems: can equity and diversity coexist? 187 Andrew Karch 19 Applying a gender lens to federal systems 198 Jill Vickers 20 Indigenous peoples and federalism: in or out? 210 Martin Papillon 21 Germany: cooperation and executive dominance 221 Nathalie Behnke 22 Indian federalism: centralism amidst diversity 233 Louise Tillin 23 Nigeria: a model of federalist ethnic conflict management or federalist illusion? 242 Rotimi T. Suberu 24 Switzerland: real federalism at work 254 Rahel Freiburghaus and Adrian Vatter 25 Federalism in the United States: dualism with a splash of coercion 265 J. Wesley Leckrone Index

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Book SynopsisThrough the lens of an economist’s notion of public goods, David J. O’Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. This macro-level institutional approach requires a precise definition of the specific ways in which community-level challenges can negatively affect a larger voting public.The author describes in detail how seemingly intractable community-level problems and inter-community conflicts have been substantially reduced by framing them in terms of the self-interest of a larger polity. Examples include The Federalist Papers, written in defense of the US Constitution, New Deal institutions created during the Great Depression, the post-World War II European Union, and more recent macro-level institutional changes that are assisting, in varying degrees, rural community sustainability in the US, Kenya, Rwanda and Russia.O’Brien’s extensive community-level research experience in urban and rural communities that covers multiple historical periods, will appeal to inter-disciplinary social scientists, development specialists and persons looking for a hopeful, practical approach to solving the challenges of globalization.Trade Review‘Practitioners and researchers will appreciate the author's wide experience in community-level institution building and his positive approach to community empowerment and change.’ -- A A Hickey, CHOICETable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: globalization and the community challenge 1. Conceptualizing community within the public goods paradigm 2. Sources of resistance to defining community as a larger public goods problem 3. An institutional approach to building sustainable communities 4. Examples of top-down formal institutional adjustments on community sustainability and inter-community conflict 5. Location, informal institutions and social network effects on rural American community responses to globalization 6. Revisiting the quest for community References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This timely and insightful Research Agenda for Federalism Studies brings together comparative reflections from leading scholars across five continents on the past, present and future of federalism research. Addressing the research needs of federalism studies around the world, contributors focus on political theory, constitutionalism, self-rule, gender, diversity and conflict resolution, as well as challenges for federalism in Africa, Asia and Europe, to identify contemporary research lacunae and seek out new directions for investigation. In a world where more than 40 percent of the world's people live in federal systems, this impressive book provides accessible guidance through a profuse and complex research terrain. This rich source of ideas and research pathways offers critical insight for graduate students of political science and comparative government, as well as senior scholars seeking fresh perspectives on federalism studies. Contributors include: N. Aroney, J. Bednar, H. Bhattacharyya, P. Dardanelli, J. Dinan, A. Fenna, A.-G. Gagnon, T.O. Hueglin, S. Keil, J. Kincaid, A. Lecours, S. Mueller, F. Palermo, C. Saunders, N. Steytler, A. Tremblay, A. Valdesalici, J. VickersTrade Review'In 16 crisp, highly-readable chapters by recognized federalism scholars, this collection meets two important objectives. It synthesizes state-of-the-art research on a broad range of aspects related to federal studies, and identifies areas where further theoretical, comparative and empirical research is needed. In so doing it provides a helpful road-map on where federal studies stand, and an innovative compass on where they should be heading.' --Johanne Poirier, McGill University Faculty of Law, Canada'A great collection arriving when global politics is navigating unknown waters. In such times, open-minded reflection and sure-footed knowledge of every federal experience should take priority over scholasticism and methodological perfectionism. Commendably, most chapters stay clear of the practice of cross-referencing the like-minded. Instead, scholars across various disciplines propose different research agendas bringing dynamism, relevance and nuance to what is likely to be a solution to the challenges awaiting us.' --Jan Erk, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies is a treasure-trove of solid federalism scholarship as well as a compilation of questions as yet unanswered. The contributors provide a first rate research agenda for scholars--especially new scholars--seeking to make a difference in this subfield.' --Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies 1 John Kincaid 1 Federalism and political theory: a case of mutual neglect? 15 Thomas O. Hueglin 2 Federalism theory: the boundary problem, robustness and dynamics 27 Jenna Bednar 3 Federalism and constitutionalism: challenges presented by dominant conceptions of the unitary state 39 Cheryl Saunders 4 Subnational constitutions: a research agenda 50 John Dinan 5 Federalism and courts: research avenues 61 Nicholas Aroney 6 What hope for comparative federalism? 76 Alan Fenna 7 The peregrinations of fiscal federalism: past, present and future of a research agenda 93 Alice Valdesalici 8 De/centralization 106 Paolo Dardanelli 9 The gender-and-federalism research field: past, present and future 117 Jill Vickers 10 Federalism and diversity: a new research agenda 129 Alain-G. Gagnon and Arjun Tremblay 11 Federalism and nationalism 140 André Lecours 12 Federalism as a tool of conflict resolution 151 Soeren Keil 13 Federalism and the politics of shared rule 162 Sean Mueller 14 Non-centralism in Africa: in search of the federal idea 175 Nico Steytler 15 Federalism in Asia: beyond the diversity problematic 187 Harihar Bhattacharyya 16 Federalism and the European Union: asymmetry, policies and some recurring federal dilemmas 198 Francesco Palermo Index 209

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook analyses the political, financial, administrative, and managerial dimensions of subnational governments. It examines the profound differences between forms of subnational governance across the world, as well as the common challenges faced by governments below the national level.

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Book SynopsisThis incisive book presents a critical compilation of empirical studies assessing local government performance in Latin America. Analysing original administrative data from municipalities in the understudied countries of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, Claudia N. Avellaneda and contributors pose the titular question: what works in Latin American municipalities? Chapters operationalize municipal performance across six different dimensions and policy areas, including: fiscal inputs, effectiveness in grant acquisitions, education outcome quality, financial efficiency, participatory decision-making, and responsiveness to urban changes. The six studies test different theoretical frameworks derived from political science, public policy, and public administration literature, focusing on the variety of individual, organizational, and contextual factors affecting municipal performance across the region. Examining a diverse range of factors, from mayoral characteristics and bureaucratic expertise to guerrilla presence and intergovernmental cooperation, the book highlights the complexity of identifying what works in Latin American municipalities and ultimately makes the case for how future research should be undertaken. Timely and original, the book will be an essential read for public administration, public management, and local government practitioners. Its original empirical research will also prove beneficial to students and scholars of government, public policy, political science, and public administration across Latin America and the rest of the world.Trade Review‘Claudia Avellaneda brings together a line-up of skilled authors at the forefront of Latin American public administration to craft a critical overview of the performance of municipalities. The volume examines long-standing concerns about human capital, bureaucratic quality, decision-making, environmental shocks and governmental effectiveness to provide cutting edge knowledge on this understudied region.’ -- Richard M. Walker, City University of Hong Kong‘The performance of local public services is an issue at the top of the policy agenda across the world. This superb collection presents cutting-edge empirical research casting much-needed light on what works for improving local government performance in Latin America, offering numerous valuable lessons for researchers and policy-makers everywhere.’ -- Rhys Andrews, Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to What Works in Latin American Municipalities? 1 Claudia N. Avellaneda 1 Assessing the influence of Brazilian mayors’ human capital and political context on fiscal inputs 16 Claudia N. Avellaneda and Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto 2 Administrative capacity and Chilean local governmental effectiveness 55 Gabriel Piña and Claudia N. Avellaneda 3 Colombian education quality: political, managerial, or bureaucratic quality? 81 Claudia N. Avellaneda 4 Mayor’s gender and task-specific education influences on Ecuadorian municipal financial efficiency 107 Julio C. Zambrano and Claudia N. Avellaneda 5 Explaining Mexican mayors’ preferences for participatory decision-making: an experimental analysis 128 Claudia N. Avellaneda and Johabed Olvera 6 Determinants of property value reappraisals: municipal responsiveness to urban changes 149 Claudia N. Avellaneda and Gabriel Piña 7 Conclusion to What Works in Latin American Municipalities? 202 Claudia N. Avellaneda Index

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Book SynopsisTaking a multidisciplinary approach to the dynamics of political and economic decentralization in contemporary regimes, this comprehensive Handbook offers a critical examination of how the decentralization of governance affects citizen well-being.Expert contributors provide an analysis of theoretical developments and empirical approaches in the study of decentralization, exploring how decentralization is conceptualized and measured. Chapters examine central topics including how the degree and type of decentralization varies over time and across countries, how political decentralization affects the behaviour of parties and voters, and the social and economic consequences of decentralizing power. Offering a comparative perspective, the Handbook utilizes insightful international case studies from Latin America, North America, Western Europe and Asia. Attention is also paid to the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic on intergovernmental relations. This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of political geography and geopolitics, regulation and governance, and international politics. It will also be useful for practitioners in these fields who are interested in decentralization.Trade Review'This Handbook offers a superb collection of essays edited by a leading scholar in the field, Ignacio Lago. The volume represents a rich tapestry of critical research on decentralization from a variety of perspectives including political science, economics, sociology, and geography. The chapters lay out the state of the art in decentralization research and the current gaps that will re-invigorate further scholarly work. Researchers, practitioners and policymakers will very much profit from the lessons and insights in this excellent volume.' -- Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Georgia State University, US‘The Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State provides an excellent overview and compelling future research agenda on the causes and consequences of decentralization. Written by leading scholars in the field in an accessible format, this is a must-read.‘ -- Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US and the European University Institute, Florence, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiv 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Decentralization, Devolution and the State 1 Ignacio Lago PART I METHODS, DATA AND APPROACHES 2 Conceptualizing and measuring decentralization 9 Paolo Dardanelli 3 Exploring and explaining trends in decentralization 27 Arjan Schakel 4 Second-order elections and electoral democracy 52 Hermann Schmitt and Eftichia Teperoglou 5 Redistribution and equality: the role of the territorial conflict dimension 67 Francesc Amat and Emmy Lindstam 6 The political determinants of decentralization 91 Amuitz Garmendia PART II DECENTRALIZATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 7 Decentralization and subnational politics in Latin America 115 Jorge Gordin 8 Decentralization and subnational politics in Asia 131 Sarah Shair-Rosenfield 9 Decentralization and subnational politics in North America 147 Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez 10 Decentralization and subnational politics in Western Europe 171 Caroline Gray, Ed Turner and Davide Vampa PART III POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DECENTRALIZATION 11 Attributions of responsibility in multilevel states 197 Sandra León and Ignacio Jurado 12 Decentralization and electoral accountability 213 Philip Charbonneau and Cameron D. Anderson 13 Territorial autonomy, ethnic conflict, and secession: between a rock and a hard place? 236 Paul Anderson and Soeren Keil 14 Electoral behaviour in multilevel systems 255 Jean-François Daoust and André Blais PART IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF DECENTRALIZATION 15 Federalism and income inequality 270 Vassilis Tselios 16 A multidimensional analysis of the link between decentralization and development 287 Gianpiero Torrisi 17 Social policy in decentralized countries 303 Hanna Kleider and Lucas Silva Lopes 18 Fiscal decentralization and governance quality: a review of the literature and additional evidence 322 Andreas P. Kyriacou and Oriol Roca-Sagalés 19 The Great Recession and the Great Lockdown: how are they shaping intergovernmental relations? 347 Luiz de Mello

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Book SynopsisUtilising international material to explore the roles, functions, tasks, responsibilities, powers and actions of intra-state politicians and the institutions to which they are elected, this insightful book examines how local and regional authorities are pivotal in the democratic and governing arrangements of different countries.Expert contributors examine how regional and local bodies have authority over public services, local spending, land use and local regulation, while operating within the constraints and structures of their own national settings. The Modern Guide also considers the responsibility of local and regional powers in the promotion of community action and cohesion. Taking a comparative approach, country-specific chapters present detailed analyses of the similarities and differences between the shape and purpose of institutions which operate within the state and how they interact with each other and the national institutions of government.Exploring the concepts and principles behind power structures within governmental systems, this book will be a key resource for academics and students of public policy, regulation and governance, and public administration and management. Its presentation of models of the formation of government in an international context will also be beneficial for policy-makers and practitioners in these fields.Trade Review‘Is intra-state governance about collaboration or rivalry? A Modern Guide to Local and Regional Politics edited by Colin Copus, Richard Kerley and Alistair Jones gives the reader very interesting insights. It’s an impressive collection of chapters written by an international team of scholars. This Modern Guide will be essential reading for all those interested in the topic.’ -- Herwig Reynaert, Ghent University, Belgium‘This impressive addition to the literature takes a very modern and fresh approach to the topic. The editors have assembled a key group of international scholars in the discipline to produce comprehensive, state of the art coverage across a wide and representative range of jurisdictions. All twenty-one chapters are thoughtful and reflective, packed with theory and empirical data, as well as acknowledging COVID 19. Supported by excellent figures and tables, this will become a classic reference book of the genre.’ -- Joyce Liddle, Northumbria University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: setting the scene 1 Richard Kerley, Colin Copus and Alistair Jones PART I INTRA-STATE MODELS AND THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY 2 Slovenia: the architecture of Slovenian intra-state arrangements 16 Simona Kukovič 3 Poland: local representation in Poland: between government and governance 30 Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak 4 Central Asia: intra-state government in Central Asian autocracies 46 Colin Knox 5 Argentina: intra-state relations in Argentina: a permanent conflict between legal autonomy and political centralism 65 Daniel Cravacuore and Andrew Nickson PART II THE AMERICAS 6 USA: intra-state governments in the United States: powers and authority, elections, finances, and intergovernmental dynamics 81 J. Edwin Benton 7 Canada: intra-state diversity and complexity 100 Royce Koop 8 Mexico: intra-state government in Mexico 116 Ady Carrera and Andrew Nickson PART III SOUTHERN EUROPE 9 Portugal: mind the gap: the hidden challenges of intra-state governments in Portugal 134 Filipe Teles 10 Spain: fragmentation and plurality: intra-state governments in decentralised Spain 149 Esther Pano PART IV NORTHERN EUROPE 11 Germany: interstate governmental relationships in Federal Germany 168 Hubert Heinelt 12 Iceland: intrastate governments in Iceland: still more government than governance 184 Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir 13 Belgium: intra-state government and representation in Belgium: navigating a labyrinth or maze? 199 Kristof Steyvers, Koenraad De Ceuninck, Tony Valcke and Tom Verhelst PART V BRITISH ISLES 14 England: intra-state arrangements in England 218 Alistair Jones 15 Wales: ‘a work in progress’: the Senedd Cymru and Welsh local government 234 Russell Deacon 16 Ireland: the Republic of Ireland: struggling to turn back the tide of centralism 250 Aodh Quinlivan 17 Scotland: in the United Kingdom: modernism, territory, devolved institutions and the union 263 Neil McGarvey and Richard Kerley PART VI INTRA STATE RELATIONS: COMMONWEALTH APPROACH 18 India: municipal governance in India 285 Nirmala Rao and David Barun Kumar Thomas 19 South Africa: South African local governance relations 302 Norbert Kersting and Robert Cameron 20 New Zealand: local government and governance in Aotearoa New Zealand 315 Julienne Molineaux and Andy Asquith 21 Conclusion: intra-state government – a stable dynamic 335 Colin Copus, Alistair Jones and Richard Kerley Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This insightful Research Agenda takes a thematic approach to analysing reform in regional and local government, exploring central concepts such as devolution, Europeanisation and globalisation. Expert contributors address key trends in structural change and reorganisation, subnational autonomy and decentralisation, metropolitan governance, and multi-level governance. Chapters explore managerial innovations and reform, democratic participation and leadership, and populism at local and regional levels. Identifying promising research avenues in these fields, the Research Agenda reflects on the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis, and potential lessons that are arising for subnational governments following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It concludes that although the 2008 crisis has had some impact on territorial governance, there is greater continuity than radical change.Addressing particular themes and trends from a comparative perspective, this Research Agenda will be critical reading for scholars and students of international politics, urban studies and regional studies.Trade Review‘The volume offers rich research ideas relating to the study of regional and local governance dynamics from a comparative perspective.’ -- Antonia Baraggia, Publius: The Journal of Federalism‘I cannot help but enthuse about this book. Each of the chapters is well written. They are accessible for students but are also of value to researchers. The comprehensive literature reviews, mapping how the research in each topic area has evolved, reinforces pre-existing knowledge. Yet, the comparative nature of these reviews may introduce aspects previously unconsidered by those who study single countries.’ -- Alistair Jones, Journal of Urban Affairs‘This book provides a great starting point for those wanting to think through the multiple research issues confronting local and regional government. Whether the focus is economic performance, public service management, reorganisation or public engagement, the various chapters provide up-to-date and insightful accounts on how things stand in light of the long-term impact of the financial crisis of 2007/8.‘ -- Gerry Stoker, University of Southampton, UK‘One of the defining features of post-war Western development has been the rise of regional and local autonomy. How has the 2008 financial crisis intervened with long-term trends in subnational governance? This excellent collection brings together top scholars in the field to take up this question. Each contribution provides fresh thinking on enduring questions of territorial reform. This book is a must-read.‘ -- Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US, and European University Institute, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1 A thematic approach to the research agenda for regional and local government 1 Mark Callanan and John Loughlin 2 Local and regional autonomy – indexes and trends 19 Nicolas Keuffer and Andreas Ladner 3 Territorial restructuring: amalgamations, secessions and the financial crisis 35 Paweł Swianiewicz 4 Devolution, functional decentralization or recentralization? Convergence and divergence in the European territorial governance 49 Romain Pasquier 5 City-regional and metropolitan governance 63 Niamh Moore-Cherry, Andy Pike and John Tomaney 6 Economizing imaginaries of city-regionalism as politics of city-regionalization 79 Sami Moisio and Andrew E.G. Jonas 7 Regional and local government and the European Union 97 Mark Callanan and Michaël Tatham 8 Managerial reforms from a comparative perspective: European subnational governments in the post-New Public Management era 111 Sabine Kuhlmann 9 Citizen involvement in subnational governance: innovations, trends and questions 133 Frank Hendriks and Ank Michels 10 Populism and representation at the regional and local levels 149 Silvia Bolgherini and Davide Vampa 11 Leadership at the subnational level: mayoral and executive models 163 Niels Karsten, David Sweeting, Ulrik Kjær and Simona Kukovič Index 177

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Book SynopsisState and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and local governments should and are likely to make. The contributors argue that state and local governments must make substantial changes and that failure to act is likely to result in adverse effects and increasing pressures for modifications that are more difficult to implement and more politically unpalatable. Without reform, state and local fiscal systems will grow increasingly out of sync with economic reality. The authors suggest that government responses are likely to be evolutionary, but that in 25 years the recorded changes will be substantial.The first chapter provides a historic perspective of state and local fiscal trends. Each of the subsequent chapters describes the nature of one of the pressures state and local governments face including: political and legal forces, globalization of business, demographic and technological changes, deregulation of utilities, and urban sprawl. Policymakers, economists, political scientists, fiscal policy analysts and public administrators will find this comprehensive book of interest.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Changing State–Local Fiscal Environment: A 25 Year Retrospective 3. Changing Times: Demographic and Economic Changes and State and Local Government Finances 4. Politics, the Courts, and the Economy: Implications for the Future of School Financing 5. Popular Processes and the Transformation of State and Local Government Finance 6. The Federal Government’s Impact on State and Local Government Finances 7. Prospects and Challenges for State and Local Government in a Digital World 8. Deregulation of Utilities: A Challenge and an Opportunity for State and Local Tax Policy 9. Globalization and State–Local Government Finances 10. Urban Sprawl and the Finances of State and Local Governments Index

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Book SynopsisExamining cutting-edge issues of international relevance in the ongoing redesign of the South African local government fiscal system, the contributors to this volume analyze the major changes that have taken place since the demise of apartheid. The 1996 Constitution and subsequent legislation dramatically redefined the public sector, mandating the development of democratic local governments empowered to provide a wide variety of key public services. However, the definition and implementation of new local functions and the supporting democratic decision-making and managerial capabilities are emerging more slowly than expected. Some difficult choices and challenges commonly faced by developing countries must be dealt with before the system can evolve to more effectively meet the substantial role envisioned for local governments. The contributors outline these choices and challenges, consider options for meeting them, and review the implications of different decisions. Their analyses also highlight the interrelationships among the elements of the local fiscal structure, and emphasize the often-ignored challenge of how to define an appropriate fiscal decentralization implementation strategy in an environment where local governments are extremely diverse in terms of needs, resources and capacities. Though the research, much of it based on newly collected data, is specific to South Africa, the approach provides a model for other countries facing similar fiscal decentralization policy challenges.Applied public finance and policy academics, policymakers in developing countries, researchers and program managers in international development organizations, and students interested in local government finance in developing countries will find this timely and comprehensive volume a valuable addition to their libraries.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Overview of Fiscal Decentralization in South Africa 2. Municipal Powers and Functions: The Assignment Question 3. Overview of the Local Government Revenue System 4. Property Taxation 5. The Regional Service Council Levy 6. Intergovernmental Transfers: The Equitable Share 7. Integrating Fiscal Decentralization Reforms and the Challenges of Implementation Annexes Index

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Book SynopsisAn illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer, the public finance economist well-known for his research on state and local taxation, the provision of urban public services, and non-profit organizations. Following in his tradition, the contributors apply microeconomics to real world problems facing urban areas and use statistical analysis to gain insight into practical solutions. The first four chapters of the book provide in-depth explorations of alternative methods of financing urban government such as: the relative merits of income and property taxation at the local level, the impact of sales and income taxation on property taxation, and the feasibility of adopting a land value tax. The next two chapters focus on government expenditures: the impact of subsidized housing investment on property values, and the theoretical and historical explanations for public ownership and direct provision of public services. The final two chapters of the book turn their attention to the non-profit sector, exploring subsidies to non-profit arts organizations and the role of the non-profit sector in providing K-12 education, specifically addressing the implications for segregation and equity. Comprehensive and engaging, professionals and scholars in the fields of public finance, urban economics and public administration will find this collection of great interest.Trade Review'The seven essays here have much to recommend them. The themes are important, the analysts are well known and well qualified, their analyses are carefully done and insightful, and the writing is concise but usually accessible to non experts. . . Dick Netzer's detailed, practical scholarship has inspired a generation of economists to study local governments and nonprofit artistic institutions in the hope of improving public policy. This book is a fine tribute, sure to stimulate further controversy, unlikely to settle many issues, but useful to policy makers and scholars alike.' -- David Merriman, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. What Should Local Governments Tax: Income or Property? 3. What a Tangled Web: Local Property, Income and Sales Taxes 4. Land Taxation in New York City: A General Equilibrium Analysis 5. The Role of Cities in Providing Housing Assistance: A New York Perspective 6. Public Ownership in the American City 7. The Nonprofit Sector in K-12 Education 8. The Partially Subsidized Muse: Estimating the Value and Incidence of Public Support Received by Nonprofit Arts Organizations Index

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Book SynopsisHow large should local governments be? Scholars and public sector reformers alike have asked this question for many years. Size and Local Democracy investigates this subject in four countries where local governments play an important role but are different in size and structure - Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands. Based on unique comparative data, the authors explore whether the size of municipalities has consequences for its citizens’ democratic perceptions, attitudes and behaviours. Chapters build cumulatively on findings of the previous chapters, to conclude that increased size may not necessarily benefit the quality of local democracy.Scholars and students with an interest in democracy or local government will find this analytical book of interest. It will also be a useful resource to practitioners with a focus on public sector reforms.Trade Review‘This is a clearly structured, well written and highly innovative contribution to the old question of whether size matters for the quality of democracy. By analysing survey and aggregate data from 234 municipalities in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, the authors present broad empirical evidence on the varying impact of size on democracy. Size relates differently to various attributes of good citizenship and plays a different role in the four countries. The theoretically and methodologically ambitious study conveys important and interesting results and deserves broad attention in the community.’ -- Oscar W. Gabriel, University of Stuttgart/German Research Institute of Public Administration, Speyer, Germany‘How big is good? Leaders committed to one answer have spent billions, destroyed entire cities and towns, and created new bureaucracies - from Scandinavia to Japan. This study should transform discussion of how a “simple” question is asked, and answered. It shows that most of the clear and simple answers are wrong; size impacts are often minimal, or embedded in complexities. The logic and rigor of the answers sets this book apart from everything earlier. It is a model that should inspire imitation on related topics.’ -- Terry Nichols Clark, University of Chicago, US‘This book synthesizes a burgeoning literature addressing the impact of size on the quality of local democracy, understood across several dimensions. It is a stimulating read, based on prodigious research, and with practical import for those who work in and study local politics. Strongly recommended.’ -- John Gerring, Boston University, US‘The authors of this important book have addressed a neglected question in the study of public policy and local politics: how large should local units be? Denters and Co should be congratulated for effectively and succinctly interrogating the evidence in an accessible and robust manner. Contrary to the reformers, they find that small may be more beautiful after all. Democracy may be enhanced by smaller units: it is important to say this and this book does so with complete authority.’ -- Peter John, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I. Introduction 1. Size and Local Democracy 2. Confronting the Research Challenge 3. The Research Context Part II. The Social and Political Environment of Local Government 4. Social Embeddedness 5. Perceived Government Challenges Part III. Cognitive and Evaluative Aspects of Democracy 6. Political Interest and Knowledge 7. Political Competence 8. Political Confidence 9. Satisfaction with Municipal Performance Part IV. Participatory Aspects of Democracy 10. Elections and Electoral Participation 11. Non-electoral Participation 12. Direct Democratic Participation in Switzerland Part V. Conclusion 13. Through the Funnel of Causality 14. Size and Local Democracy – A Summary Aassessment Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a unique contribution to the understanding of the reality of government and governance in the European Union (EU). It illustrates the EU's multi-level system and within it the activities of agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation which all involve co-operation between public administrations from the sub-national, national, supranational and international levels. The book portrays how co-operation amongst administrations in Europe has become the backbone of the EU's unique system of government and governance. Many forms of co-operation have led to a truly integrated administration, which has developed in an evolutionary fashion and operates in large parts beyond the formally constituted rules of the treaties. EU Administrative Governance unites studies analysing policy phases and the most important policy areas from all three pillars of the EU. It outlines some of the main challenges which arise from the close integration of national and European administrations and explores implications for accountability and legitimacy of Europe's increasingly integrated administration.This unique contribution to the contemporary understanding of structures underlying European government and the exercise of governance will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of administrative law, EU law and administrative sciences.Trade Review'The book is well researched and exquisitely cited so to provide its readers with a quick reference to the most pertinent case law holdings and legislation in this growing area of law. . . its exquisite analysis of a difficult regulatory arena warrants a recommendation for law schools that offer comparative law courses or courses in European Union law.' -- Dragomir Cosanici, International Journal of Legal Information'This book is a valuable compendium. . . provides a useful starting point for future studies on administrative leadership and administrative self-organization. . .' -- Paul W. Thurner, European Law BooksTable of ContentsContents: An Introduction to EU Administrative Governance Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alexander H. Türk PART I: POLICY PROCESS 1. Agenda Setting in the European Commission: How the European Commission Structure and Influence the EU Agenda Torbjörn Larsson and Jarle Trondal 2. The Involvement of Administrative Players in the EU Decision Making Process Christine Neuhold and Elissaveta Radulova 3. Policy Implementation Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alexander H. Türk PART II: SECTORAL AREAS 4. Comitology in Environmental Policy: Practical Experiences between Efficiency and Legitimacy Gerhard Roller 5. European Governance of Food Safety Bettina Rudloff and Johannes Simons 6. Administrative Governance in State Aid Policy Herwig C.H. Hofmann 7. Modernisation of EC Antitrust Enforcement Alexander H. Türk 8. Does the EU Need a Single European Securities Regulator? Dorothee Fischer-Appelt 9. Administrative Governance and the Europeanisation of Asylum and Immigration Policy Cathryn Costello 10. Administrative Governance in the Field of EU Police and Judicial Co-operation Hartmut Aden 11. Administrative Governance and CFSP Simon Duke and Sophie Vanhoonacker PART III: CROSS-SECTION ANALYSIS 12. EU Committee Governance and the Multilevel Community Administration Jarle Trondal 13. Comitology and the Courts: Tales of the Unexpected Kieran St. C. Bradley 14. Tools for the Control of Political and Administrative Agents: Impact Assessment and Administrative Governance in the European Union Gerard C. Rowe 15. Re-Conceptualising Europeanisation as a Public Law of Collisions: Comitology, Agencies and Interactive Public Adjudication Michelle Everson and Christian Joerges 16. The Problem of Democratic Legitimacy in a Supranational Government Torbjörn Larsson and Guenther F. Schaefer CONCLUSION 17. Conclusion: Europe’s Integrated Administration Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alexander H. Türk Index

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Book SynopsisThe Theory and Practice of Local Government Reform explores the entire spectrum of local government reform and focuses specifically on the question of structural reform in local government. It presents new theoretical models in an area largely lacking in analytical foundations and assesses the validity of these models against recent structural developments.Changes to local government are some of the most heartfelt and hotly contested political issues in advanced democracies today. The authors draw on recent policy developments in seven countries, as well as academic literature, to present new thinking on optimal municipal governance in the face of future policy challenges. This timely book will be invaluable for both undergraduate and graduate local government students in political science, public administration and public policy courses. Practitioners and policymakers in local government will also find this book an enlightening read.Trade Review'This book substantially advances our knowledge of structural reform in local government. By combining new theoretical insight with policy developments in seven different developed countries, the book not only tests conceptual models against real-world experience in local government structural reform, but it also offers fresh perspectives on the most promising types of structural reform. Written by leading scholars from seven different countries, this book will become a standard work in the area of local government reform.' -- Andrew Worthington, Griffith University, Australia'Structural reform has been one of the most important, and yet one of the most neglected, aspects of modern local government. This book represents the first attempt, since the early seventies, at providing a comprehensive account of both the theory and practice of structural reform in local government in developed countries. Using recent policy experience from seven different countries, the authors present seminal theoretical perspectives on structural reforms in local governance and the policy implications deriving from them. Written by well-known scholars of local government from around the world, this volume is a "must-read" for all academics, practitioners, students and policymakers.' -- Giorgio Brosio, University of Turin, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Brian Dollery and Lorenzo Robotti PART I: THE THEORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM 2. Local Government and the Economics of Federalism Brian Dollery and Lorenzo Robotti 3. Alternative Models of Local Government Brian Dollery and Lorenzo Robotti 4. Local Council Partnerships: A Theoretical Approach David Bartolini and Fabio Fiorillo 5. A Theoretical Model of Shared Service Arrangements in Local Government Antonio Palestrini and Paolo Polidori 6. Financial Incentives for Municipal Partnerships Fabio Fiorillo and Giancarlo Pola PART II: THE PRACTICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM 7. Structural Reform in Australia Brian Dollery and Joel Byrnes 8. Structural Reform in Canada Andrew Sancton 9. Structural Reform in France Alain Guengant and Yvon Rocaboy 10. Structural Reform in Germany Thomas Lenk and Christine Falken-Großer 11. Structural Reform in Italy Barbara Ermini and Samuele Salvucci 12. Structural Reform in New Zealand Mike Reid 13. Structural Reform in Spain Núria Bosch and Javier Suárez Pandiello PART III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS 14. Common Themes on Structural Reform Fabio Fiorillo and Barbara Ermini 15. Local Government Policy Brian Dollery and Lorenzo Robotti References Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and original book focuses on institutional changes, welfare reforms and transformations in both Britain and Italy over the last three decades. The book illustrates that although it was a widely held belief in both countries that the arena of social and economic governance would shift to the national level, to the surprise of many, a different trend has emerged. In otherwise very different national experiences, both Britain and Italy have seen the sub-national level of governance become crucial in redefining public services, and in designing, delivering, and monitoring key services. The expert contributors use a distinctive and original principle - subsidiarity - as a lens through which to examine and assess these governance regimes, their philosophies, and their organizational choices. Academics, researchers and students of social policy, public policy, public administration and regional studies will find this book to be a highly fascinating read. It will also provide a wealth of information for policymakers and think tanks.Trade Review‘Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo have put together an important collection of essays on government and governance in Italy and Britain. This richly documented comparative study proposes to answer two key questions: how does the change from government to governance emerge, and what enables this transformation to survive and even to displace State-centric solutions to public policy issues? The book will be a milestone in highlighting the distinctive and original role of the principle of subsidiarity, in examining and assessing governance regimes, their philosophy and their organizational choices and in linking subsidiarity with the prospects of freedom, responsibility and self-governing societies in the modern world. I know of no other book that brings the principle of subsidiarity to the frontier of the most current research in social science.’ -- – Filippo Sabetti, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo PART I: GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNMENT: BEYOND THE STATE-CENTRIC APPROACH 1. Key Principles of Governance Alberto Martinelli 2. Subsidiarity: A New Partnership between State, Market and Civil Society Giorgio Vittadini 3. Governance and Subsidiarity Lorenzo Ornaghi PART II: BUILDING COMPETITIVENESS: TERRITORIES, INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL 4. The New Regionalism Michael Keating 5. Regional Competitiveness and Regional Policy in the UK Michael Kitson 6. The Pursuit of Regional Competitiveness in Lombardy: Productivity, Resilience and Aggregate Welfare Massimo M. Beber and Alberto Brugnoli PART III: WELFARE REFORMS: FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN EMPOWERED SOCIETY 7. The Lombardy Model of Governance Alessandro Colombo and Tim O’Sullivan 8. Innovation in Governance: The Involvement of Social Enterprises in Health Service Delivery Helen Haugh 9. Horizontal Subsidiarity in Lombardy and the UK: Decentralization, Partnership and Governance of Welfare Martin Powell 10. New Frontiers of Welfare State and New Challenges for the Third Sector Stefano Zamagni PART IV: THE FUTURE OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE: FROM STATE MONOPOLY TO RESPONSIBLE CHOICE 11. The Importance of Investing in Very Young People Luigi Campiglio 12. Subsidiarity and Individual Responsibility: Quasi-markets and Asset-based Welfare Julian Le Grand 13. Freedom of Choice in the Italian Educational System: The Idea of a Dote Lorenza Violini and Daniele Capone Conclusions Alberto Brugnoli and Alessandro Colombo Index

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Book SynopsisCalifornia has a worldwide reputation as a pioneer of innovative policies for the control of air pollution by motor vehicles. Autos, Smog and Pollution Control analyses the difficulties which have been encountered in developing and implementing these policies. Professor Grant uses an analytical framework drawn from the leading theories of public policy formation, such as policy communities, to address the issues raised by California's policy making experience. This study shows how an ambitious attempt to encourage the use of electrically powered vehicles has faced technological constraints, consumer resistance and political opposition. Other policies developed in the state such as dealing with 'gross emitters', trip reduction programmes and the construction of light rail and subway systems are also critically examined. The concluding chapter relates Californian experience to the developing debate in Britain and the European Union about air pollution from motor vehicles.Autos, Smog and Pollution Control will be welcomed for its critical analysis of California's air pollution control policies as well as for the light which it sheds on contemporary theories of policy formation and the changing forces affecting environmental policymaking.Trade Review'This book is both readable and well-researched. As such it is to be recommended to anyone, that is lay (wo)men and experts alike, interested in air pollution policy in the developed world.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction Part II: The Air Pollution Problem Part III: The Policy Community Part IV: The Policy Framework Part V: Policy Solutions at a State Level Part VI: Commuter Rail Services in California Part VII: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisWhich level of government is most appropriate for environmental policy making in a confederal or federal system? How does the level of government at which policy is made and implemented affect the choice of policy instruments? This important new volume addresses these problems by comparing environmental policies and practices in the European Union and the United States.In Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration, a distinguished group of authors discusses how environmental policy in a federal or confederal system may differ both in theory and practice from that found in a unitary government system. After examining the framework for environmental policy in the EU and US, the authors present papers on their federal institutions, the economic forces affecting environmental governance, the choice of policy instruments, linkages between trade and environmental policy and environmental regulations within international trade negotiations. The final part brings together a series of case studies which sheds new light on the research questions formulated earlier in the book. Issues discussed include the regulation of agricultural pollution, global warming, ozone pollution and environmental security.In addition to its detailed discussion of environmental policy in the EU and the US, Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration will be essential reading for both scholars and policymakers concerned with designing and implementing regulations to protect the environment.Trade Review’This is a valuable collection of essays. Students of political and economic integration will definitely want to work through the contributions and there is a lot here for environmental economists dealing with trade and European issues.’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction (J.B. Braden, H. Folmer, T.S. Ulen) Part I: The Economic and Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Policy (C.W. Howe, E.T. Freyfogle) Part II: The Law and Economics of Authority in a Federal System (J.E. Pfander, P. Shapiro) Part III: The Political Economy of Instrument Choice (K. Segerson, R. Pethig) Part IV: International Trade and Environmental Policy (C. Ford Runge, A. Ulph) Part V: Case Studies of Comparative Environmental Policies Section A: Agricultural Pollution (W. Brussard, M.R. Grossman, J.S. Shortle) Section B: Global Warming (L. Bergman, C.D. Kolstad) Section C: Tropospheric Ozone Pollution (J.B. Braden, S. Proost) Section D: Environmental Dimensions of National and International Security (K.H. Butts, S. Dalby) Index

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Book SynopsisLocal communities in all countries are increasingly aware of resource scarcity and are pressing for more say in how funds are used. Developments in Local Government Finance examines key issues for economists interested in local government and, in particular, the functioning of institutions at regional and local levels.Local government organization and finance are addressed from a variety of approaches by the authors who critically examine the current intergovernmental distribution of responsibility for service provision and revenue raising. Adopting a multilateral approach to theory and policy, this major book stresses the need for real, and not just formal, devolution and greater local accountability. The contributors highlight how instruments for financing local government and for pursuing interpersonal and geographical equity can vary considerably between countries with broadly similar systems, yet be surprisingly similar for countries with quite different institutional arrangements. Particular reference is made to emerging problems in the European Union and the experience of Switzerland, a country where fiscal federalism and tax harmonization are living together in a unique equilibrium of forces.Developments in Local Government Finance presents a major contribution to the understanding of local government and finance for both students and practitioners.Table of ContentsContents: Part I: New Solution to Old Problems Part II: Applying Theory to the Real World Part III: Local Government and Local Policy Making: Autonomy and Constraints Part IV: Fiscal Issues for Existing and Future Federations

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Book SynopsisEuropean Integration and Local Government is an original comparative review of the impact of the European Union on local and regional governments throughout Europe.This book consists of ten country case studies which show how the EU has affected local government structures. These are supplemented by chapters which provide comparisons between various countries, consider multiple methodological and theoretical approaches to political integration, discuss nation-building, networks, organization development and analyse not only political integration, but the ability of the administration to implement EU policies. The contributors suggest that local governments have become legitimate players at the international scene, are gaining more power and autonomy in comparison to national governments and are strong promoters of integration through their bilateral and multilateral agreements and actions. They also argue that network and individual initiatives are playing an increasingly important role, even if structural features still determine the eligibility of EU funding. This book will be of interest to policy makers both in local government and at the European Union level, international organizations, and academics and students.Trade Review'The book is good reading for an audience adhering to the still rare mixture of the combined specialization in local government and European affairs.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. European Integration and Local Government: Some Initial Thoughts (M. Goldsmith, K.K. Klausen) 2. Danish Local Government: Integrating into the EU? (K.K. Klausen) 3. The Netherlands (M. Wolters) 4. European Integration and the Local Authorities in Germany: Impacts and Perceptions (H. Wollmann, S. Lund) 5. European Integration: A Lifeline for Irish Local Authorities? (C. Coyle) 6. Local Governments and the EU: The British Experience (M. Goldsmith, E. Sperling) 7. Belgian Local Government: Far Away from Brussels (S. de Rynck 8. Stars and Black Holes: French Regions and Cities in the European Galaxy (R. Balme, P. LeGalès) 9. European Integration and Local Government: The (Ambiguous) Portuguese Case (M. da Silva e Costa, J. Felizes, J. Neves) 10. ‘Yes, in Theory. And Perhaps in the Future’: European Integration and Local Government in Italy (E.Ercole) 11. The Impact of European Integration on Regional and Local Government in Finland, Norway and Sweden (M.L. von Bergmann-Winberg) 12. Cities, Networks, Euroregions, European Offices (E. Ercole, M. Walters, M. Goldsmith) 13. Conclusion: Local Government and the European Union (K.K. Klausen, M. Goldsmith) Index

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Book SynopsisSocial Policy in Hong Kong provides for the first time a comprehensive and critical analysis of social policy in Hong Kong. It shows that Hong Kong is far from being a simple free market economy. In many areas, Hong Kong has highly developed social policies which make a major contribution to the quality of life of its citizens.An introductory chapter provides background information on the economic, social and political structure of the region. Subsequent chapters cover issues such as health, housing, education, poverty and social security, social care, transport and labour protection. A concluding chapter draws out the essential nature of the Hong Kong approach and constructs a balance sheet of success and failure.With Hong Kong becoming a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997, this timely book describes social policy in the territory at the end of an era.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Understanding Hong Kong (A.S. Huque, T.L. Po-wah, J. and P. Wilding) 2. Health (R.D.C. Gauld) 3. Housing (Y. Ngai-ming and L. Kwok-yu) 4. Education (C. Ho-mun and J.Y.H. Leung) 5. Poverty and Social Security (B. Brewer and S. MacPherson) 6. Social Care (V. Pearson) 7. Transport Policy (T. Ko) 8. Labour Protection (G.O.M. Lee) 9. Conclusion: Coming to a Judgement (P. Wilding and K. Mok) Index

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Book SynopsisThe Fiscal Behavior of State and Local Governments presents, in one authoritative volume, Harvey Rosen's considerable contribution to the field of sub-federal public finance in the United States. He investigates how state and locality spending and taxing decisions are influenced by the economic environment in which they operate.This important book begins by examining the fiscal structures of states and localities. The analyses augment traditional models with new economic and political considerations. Rosen investigates the effect of tax structure on the growth of expenditure, the influence of the level of expenditure of neighbouring governments, and the impact of the federal income tax on the fiscal structure of state and local governments. He also employs the tools of modern dynamic analysis to shed new light on state and local behaviour in an intertemporal setting, using both panel and aggregate data. In addition, he discusses the problems involved in characterizing state tax structure. Finally, he explores a number of methodological issues relating to the theory and econometrics of tax analysis.This book will prove invaluable to economists who specialise in public finance, political economy and public policy.Trade Review'. . . this book is work of real substance and quality, and well worth reading, at least selectively, not just by economists but also by civil servants and the wider academic community interested in local government.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Understanding the Fiscal Structures of State and Localities Part II: State and Local Decision Making in an Intertemporal Context Part III: Characterizing State Income and Sales Taxes Part IV: Some Methodological Issues Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains the most significant and still timely articles on urban economics, metropolitan and regional planning, real-estate economics and housing written by the noted urban economist Anthony Downs over the past four decades. The book has a new autobiographical introduction outlining Downs's extensive experience as a real estate and urban affairs consultant and policy analyst for hundreds of private firms and government bodies since 1959.The articles in this book set forth fundamental policy analyses concerning all of the major elements of urban policy. Written in Downs's exceptionally clear and compelling style they focus on the space-related dimensions of urban affairs, ranging from traffic congestion to telecommunications, education, and housing, with additional analyses of key aspects of real estate finance. Together, these essays form a veritable handbook of how to conduct urban policy analysis in many fields. The analysis and conclusions are directly relevant to the urban problems which are intensifying throughout the world today.This important book will be an essential companion to scholars and students of housing, urban planning, transport, regional science and real estate, it will also be useful to policymakers and government officials.Trade Review'In short, a valuable book for those interested in the evolution of thinking about urban problems in the United States, and for those seeking a clearly written, logically thought out, compact statement of alternate practically feasible urban policies.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Law of Peak-Hour Expressway Congestion 2. Alternative Futures for the American Ghetto 3. Housing the Urban Poor 4. Competition and Community Schools 5. The Economics of New Towns 6. The Automotive Population Explosion 7. Living with Advanced Telecommunications 8. A Strategy for Designing a National Housing Policy for the Federal Government of the United States 9. The Fundamental Shift in Real Estate Finance 10. What Have We Learned from the 1980s Experience? 11. Key Trends in the External Environment of Commerical Real Properties 12. Contrasting Strategies for the Economic Development of Metropolitan Areas in the United States and Western Europe

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book the author examines the link between environmental, trade and industrial policies within an interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, determine policies to favour their residents in terms of the provision of public goods and reduction in environmental degradation.Regions or countries engage in competition for mobile capital in a world where production causes pollution and tax revenues are required to finance public goods. In Fiscal Policy and Environmental Welfare the author considers the efficiency consequences when governments act strategically and seek to manage trade, capital flows and emissions. Using formal models, which extend and modify existing literature, the author demonstrates that interjurisdictional competition typically leads to inefficiencies. He argues that although interjurisdictional competition may lead to the overprovision of public goods and to an inefficiently high environmental quality, often the opposite seems to occur.This book will be welcomed by environmental economists, and those scholars interested in welfare and fiscal policy.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Different Forms of Interjurisdictional Competition 3. Strategic Environmental Policy 4. Tax Competition, Provision of Public Goods, and Environmental Policy 5. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume - the summary of a five-year research programme - describes and assesses the Scandinavian approach to local public finance. A key role of local finance in Scandinavia is redistribution in the form of a wide array of social services that are largely financed at the central level.Trade Review’Jørn Rattsø has assembled a provocative collection of papers. In describing and assessing the Scandinavian approach to local public finance, they provide a basic challenge to the conventional academic wisdom. A key role of local finance in Scandinavia is redistribution in the form of a wide array of social services that are largely financed at the central level. It is both fascinating and instructive to see how all this works and what sorts of problems and compromises are inherent in such a conception of local finance.’ -- Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland, and Resources for the Future, US’The devolution of the financing and provision of government services has captured the interest of Scandinavian economists and political scientists. This volume provides a summary of a five-year research program to test the applicability of the US model of fiscal decentralization in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. But the book is more than the first in-depth study of federalism in Scandinavia. It also offers important general lessons for all scholars - economists, political scientists, and legal scholars alike - wishing to understand how fiscal institutions define fiscal policies’ -- Robert P. Inman, University of Pennsylvania, US’This volume offers a wonderful addition to the Elgar series on fiscal federalism and state-local finance edited by Wallace Oates. Jorn Rattsø is a unique force in Norwegian fiscal federalism. He and his able Scandinavian colleagues have not only been frequent intellectual contributors to the academic literature, but have also been active in the policy arena as well. The volume reflects the best of both worlds. Readers not familiar with the institutions of Scandinavian public finance will of course find many valuable applications of traditional federalism principles in this volume. Along the way, they will have the opportunity to enjoy an array of intriguing analyses that will encourage fruitful reflections on comparative fiscal federalism. The volume would make a welcome addition as recommended reading on graduate public finance reading lists.’ -- Daniel L. Rubinfield, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Style, Reform and Performance 2. Demand 3. Political Institutions 4. Cost and Control 5. Theory

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Book SynopsisThe impact of global capital and foreign investment on local communities is being felt in major cities across the world. Since the 2012 Olympics was awarded to the British capital, East London has been at the heart of the largest and most all-encompassing top-down urban regeneration strategy in civic history. At the centre of this has been the local government, Newham Council, and their daring proposal: an "Arc of Opportunity" for developers to transform 1,412 hectares of Newham. This proposal was outlined in a short film, London's Regeneration Supernova, and shown to foreign developers and businesses at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. While the sweeping changes to East London have been keenly felt by locals, the symbolism and practicalities of these changes - for the local area, and the world alike - are overdue serious investigation. Regeneration Songs is about how places are turned into simple stories for packaged investment opportunities, how people living in those places relate to those stories, and how music and art can render those stories in many different ways. The book will also include a download code to obtain the related musical project, Music for Masterplanning - in which musicians from East London soundtracked London's Regeneration Supernova - and a 32-page glossy insert detailing the artists involved.

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Book SynopsisHigher education is a central institution in U.S. democracy. In the 2010s, however, many states that spent previous decades building up their higher education systems began to tear them down. Growing hostility toward higher education reflected changing social forces that remade the politics of U.S. higher education. The political Right became increasingly reliant on angry white voters as higher education became more racially diverse. The Republican party became more closely connected to extremely wealthy donors as higher education became more costly. In Wrecked, Barrett J. Taylor shows how these social changes set a collision course for the Right and higher education. These attacks fed a policy agenda of deinstitutionalization, which encompassed stark divestment from higher education but was primarily characterized by an attack on the institution’s social foundation of public trust. In response to these attacks, higher education officials have offered a series of partial defenses that helped higher education to cope in the short-term but did nothing to defend the institution itself against the long-term threat of declining public trust. The failure to address underlying issues of mistrust allowed conflict to escalate to the point at which many states are now wrecking their public higher education systems. Wrecked offers a unique and compelling perspective linking higher education policymaking to broader social and political forces acting in the twenty-first century. Trade Review"Taylor's Wrecked is a bold, unapologetic, and thought-provoking analysis and manifesto that addresses how the long-ignored elephants of race and partisan politics continue to shape higher education policy. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding and improving higher education equity in policymaking." -- Sosanya Jones * co-author of Performance Funding for Higher Education *"Wrecked offers a compelling and instructive indictment about the rise of political and policy hostility of states toward higher education. Armed with a decade of data reflecting the political Right’s retreat from supporting public higher education, Barrett Taylor explains clearly and honestly its devastating effects. Implications for the future of college access and equity are sobering, yet hopeful in how we understand the complexities of social divisions and their political consequences. Wrecked demands our attention in addressing the collateral policy damage and the diminishing possibilities of higher education." -- James Earl Davis * Bernard C. Watson Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Higher Education - Temple University *"Taylor's Wrecked is a bold, unapologetic, and thought-provoking analysis and manifesto that addresses how the long-ignored elephants of race and partisan politics continue to shape higher education policy. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding and improving higher education equity in policymaking." -- Sosanya Jones * co-author of Performance Funding for Higher Education *"Wrecked offers a compelling and instructive indictment about the rise of political and policy hostility of states toward higher education. Armed with a decade of data reflecting the political Right’s retreat from supporting public higher education, Barrett Taylor explains clearly and honestly its devastating effects. Implications for the future of college access and equity are sobering, yet hopeful in how we understand the complexities of social divisions and their political consequences. Wrecked demands our attention in addressing the collateral policy damage and the diminishing possibilities of higher education." -- James Earl Davis * Bernard C. Watson Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Higher Education - Temple University *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Collision Course Chapter 2: Policy Legacies Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Wreckage Chapter 4: Arizona Chapter 5: Wisconsin Chapter 6: North Carolina Chapter 7: Iowa (with Kimberly Watts) Chapter 8: Ways Forward Appendix: Notes on Methods

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed narrative and analysis of the 50-year development of the personal social services in England, located throughout the changing ideological, political and relevant professional contexts of the period. Drawing on the experience and recollections of key players who were active during major moments, it constitutes a significant addition to the social work and social policy literature, synthesising important and often original evidence, and some provocative interpretations. The book speaks to crucial on-going issues and contentious current debates, such as the place of bureaucratic management structures in ‘practices with people' generally, and social work specifically. It will be of interest to student and qualified social workers, social policy students and researchers, and policy makers, as well as those with a general interest in the history and trajectory of current issues facing social work and social care in England.Table of Contents1 Introduction: History and Hints.- Part I Creating the Personal Social Services.- 2 Seizing the Moment: The Seebohm Committee.- 3 Scripting the Future: The Seebohm Report.- 4 Preparing the Platform: The Local Authority Social Services Bill and Act.- Part II The Personal Social Services in Action.- 5 Creating the Empires: Promise and Potential (1970–1976).- 6 The Seismic Shifts of the Mid-1970s.- 7 Norming and Storming: Social Work Debates and Developments in the 1970s.- 8 Thatcher and Threat (1979–1989).- Part III New Laws and New Horizons.- 9 A Drama in Two Parts: Part I—The 1989 Children Act and Children’s Social Services.- 10 A Drama in Two Parts: Part II—The 1990 NHS and Community Care Act and Adult Social Services and Social Work.- Part IV The Recent Reforms and Unravelling.- 11 New Labour: New Agendas (1997–2010).- 12 Coalition and Conservatives: Austerity and Hostility (2010–2020).- Part V Reflecting and Re-routing.- 13 The Personal Social Services Today and Tomorrow.

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Book SynopsisThe book presents governance with a particular focus on the social and spatial aspects of climate responsiveness and reads the practice of governance across different scales. It conceptualizes a framework of scale composed of three main categories including (i) scientific knowledge, (ii) plans and policies, and (iii) authorities of action. This framework presents ‘practice’ as the social context in which these three can interplay adaptively. Within this framework, the book presents case studies from Turkey, Italy, Ecuador, Chile and the UK, that reach meaningful planning and design solutions at national, city, and neighbourhood scales in the face of climate change. It offers implementation clues that are transferable to ever-increasing climate action around the globe. The book will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of climate responsive urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for non-governmental organizations and social enterprises dealing with sustainability and climate change policies.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses how informal economy traders and the marketplace institution dominate the local economy in African cities. According to the World Bank, being an African reduces the probability that an individual is an entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector by more than 95 percent. Exporting unprocessed strategic raw materials and importing large volumes of finished goods stagnate Africa’s informal sector while creating formal jobs overseas. This suggests employment increases in distributive trade and persistence of the marketplace institution in reducing urban unemployment and income inequality. However, there is limited knowledge of the men and women with permanent stalls in large urban marketplaces that function daily as a temporary city within a city, even though they are the major actors in distribute trade. More important their daily out-of-stall contacts resulting from maintaining complex social and economic relationships that determine the financial health of family, business, and the economy are generally unexplored and largely unknown, but have significant unintended consequences on the urban mobility system. Researchers, planners, development practitioners and policymakers have, therefore, not focused their attention and considered the impacts of the powerful economic institution – marketplaces and traders - in framing transport planning processes and urban development policies, and that is the paradox surrounding marketplace trade and urban development in West Africa. Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Marketplace Entrepreneurs and Urban Mobility infrastructureChapter 3: Onitsha: The Largest market in Nigeria - One of the largest in West AfricaChapter 4: Challenges Facing Urban Marketplace TradersChapter 5: Attributes Impacting Out-of-Stall ContactsChapter 6: A Geography of Contacts in a Large Urban MarketplaceChapter 7: Sustainability of Marketplace Institution and TradersChapter 8: Planning and Policy Support for Marketplace Trade

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Book SynopsisThis book will guide you in a simple and illustrative way through all aspects related to crowd behaviour, including sociological theories, methods of crowd control, people detection and tracking, and crowd simulation and prediction, while examining previous accidents to learn from the past. Crowds are a constant presence in most cities around the globe and mass gatherings are attracting an increasing number of people. While experience can help manage large crowds and plan mass events, knowledge on crowd behaviour is fundamental for successfully dealing with unexpected situations, improving current practices and implementing state-of-the-art technologies in management strategies. After letting people laugh about the controversy on colliding pedestrians, with this book, two of the Ig Nobel laureates on pedestrian traffic will make you think (and learn) presenting through a collaborative approach, combining theoretical with practical advice, the science behind crowd dynamics and the importance it plays in our increasingly urbanized society. Fundamental aspects related to crowd management are presented using simple concepts requiring little or no knowledge of mathematics or engineering. Professionals involved in pedestrian traffic, as well as students and researchers entering the field of crowd dynamics, will find this book a useful interdisciplinary introduction on the subject, exploring both fundamental background information and more specific topics related to crowd management.Table of Contents1. Crowd Management and its Definition.- 2. Crowd Properties and Characteristics.- 3. Crowd Incidents and their Analysis.- 4. Risk Assessment.- 5. Pedestrian and Crowd Sensing.- 6. Crowd Simulators: Computational Methods, Product Selection, and Visualization.- 7. Crowd Control Methods: Established and Future Practices.- 8. Planning.- 9. Conclusion: Seven Knows.

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Book SynopsisThis book will guide you in a simple and illustrative way through all aspects related to crowd behaviour, including sociological theories, methods of crowd control, people detection and tracking, and crowd simulation and prediction, while examining previous accidents to learn from the past. Crowds are a constant presence in most cities around the globe and mass gatherings are attracting an increasing number of people. While experience can help manage large crowds and plan mass events, knowledge on crowd behaviour is fundamental for successfully dealing with unexpected situations, improving current practices and implementing state-of-the-art technologies in management strategies. After letting people laugh about the controversy on colliding pedestrians, with this book, two of the Ig Nobel laureates on pedestrian traffic will make you think (and learn) presenting through a collaborative approach, combining theoretical with practical advice, the science behind crowd dynamics and the importance it plays in our increasingly urbanized society. Fundamental aspects related to crowd management are presented using simple concepts requiring little or no knowledge of mathematics or engineering. Professionals involved in pedestrian traffic, as well as students and researchers entering the field of crowd dynamics, will find this book a useful interdisciplinary introduction on the subject, exploring both fundamental background information and more specific topics related to crowd management.Table of Contents1. Crowd Management and its Definition.- 2. Crowd Properties and Characteristics.- 3. Crowd Incidents and their Analysis.- 4. Risk Assessment.- 5. Pedestrian and Crowd Sensing.- 6. Crowd Simulators: Computational Methods, Product Selection, and Visualization.- 7. Crowd Control Methods: Established and Future Practices.- 8. Planning.- 9. Conclusion: Seven Knows.

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Book SynopsisThe book provides a pioneering overview of the evolution of the local government and urban policy in Cape Verde after independence, offering a multi-scale perspective of local governance in Cape Verde from 1970 - 2020. ​ It examines the process of urban development in the country, and in the capital city in particular, and explores the consequences and challenges for spatial planning, housing, urban heritage, and the environment, namely issues related to climate change in the post-independence period. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Urban Development in Cape Verde between 1970 and 2020.- Chapter 3. Local Government in Cape Verde 1970-2020.- Chapter 4. Spatial Planning and Socio-Spatial Cohesion in Cape Verde.- Chapter 5. Unification of the Land Cadastre with the Land Registry in Cape Verde: Challenges and Opportunities for Local and Urban Governance.- Chapter 6. Genesis and Urban Evolution of Cidade da Praia - Cape Verde.- Chapter 7. Urban Planning in the Municipality of Praia 1970 -2020.- Chapter 8. Urban Heritage in Ribeira Grande de Santiago - Cape Verde: Constraints, Opportunities and Challenges for Urban Governance.- Chapter 9. Housing Policies in Cape Verde, 1970 - 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Governance.- Chapter 10. Cidade da Praia, Floods and Inundations: Problems and Challenges for Urban Governance- Chapter 11. Cidade da Praia: Natural Risks and Spatial Planning.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth.This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.Table of ContentsPlanning cities in Africa – Current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning: An introduction.- Part I: Planning theories and models - Application and local challenges.- The State, trust and cooperation: Local government-residents’ joint neighbourhood upgrading initiatives in Addis Ababa.- Street vending in downtown Rabat: In resistance to imported urban models.- Revisiting stokes’ theory of slums – Towards decolonised housing concepts from the Global South.- Part II: The state of planning education and planning capacity.- In a state of flux: Urban planning programmes in Asia and Africa.- Climate change adaptation and planning education in Southern Africa.- Is climate change knowledge making a difference in urban planning and practice: Perspectives from practitioners and policy makers in Tanzania Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert.- Contributions of local authorities to community adaptive capacity to impacts of climate change; A case study of sea level rise in Pangani Division, Pangani District.- Part III: Participatory and multi-level governance approach toward current urban challenges.- Qualities of urban planning and the conflict between participatory planning and planning standards: Evidence from Ethiopia.- Complementing or conflicting rationalities? How self-production practices in collective space can shape urban planning. Insights from Maputo City.- Translating globalised ideals into local settings: The actors and complexities of post-settlement water infrastructure planning in urban Ghana.

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Book SynopsisThis handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.Table of Contents1. Introduction. Sport participation a human right for persons with a disabilityCaroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain 2. Understanding disability, disability sport and inclusion Ian Brittain, Caroline van Lindert, and Jeroen Scheerder 3. Participation in sport and physical activity amongst people with a disability. A pan-European comparative approach Jeroen Scheerder, Kobe Helsen, Caroline van Lindert, and Ian Brittain 4. Denmark: Disability sports policy at arm’s length Christian Røj Voldby and Karsten Elmose-Østerlund 5. Finland. Facts behind the long and complicated process of disability inclusion in sports Kati Lehtonen and Aija Saari 6. Disability and sport in Iceland Ingi Þór Einarsson and Vidar Halldorsson 7. Norway Marit Sørensen and Nina Kahrs 8. Beyond inclusion - opportunity structures in sports for all in Sweden Kim Wickman and Linda Torége 9. Ireland Catherine Carty and Paul Kitchin 10. Northern Ireland: Disability Sport in a Shared Space Paul Kitchin and Catherine Carty 11. United Kingdom: An inclusionary approach to sport Matej Christiaens, Ian Brittain, and Christopher Brown 12. Austria: Half Way to Inclusion? Torsten Wojciechowski and Claudia Stura 13. Disability sport in Belgium/Flanders. From a fragmented mosaic towards a more inclusive landscape Debbie Van Biesen and Jeroen Scheerder 14. Complexity and Coexistence: Disability Sport in Germany Jürgen Mittag 15. The Netherlands, towards inclusive sport for people with a disability Caroline van Lindert and Maxine de Jonge 16. Switzerland Julia Albrecht, Siegfried Nagel, and Christoffer Klenk 17. Hungary: Rise of attention given to disability sports Szilvia Perényi and Zsuzsanna Szilárd 18. Disability Sport in Lithuania Jurate Pozeriene and Diana Reklaitiene 19. Structure of the analysis on the development and situation of disability sport in Slovenia Mojca Doupona and Simona Kustec 20. Portugal: pathways of sport for people with disabilities Leonardo José Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Anabela Vitorino and Nuno M. Pimenta 21. Disability sport in Spain Javier Pérez-Tejero and Cati Lecumberri 22. Turkey (Republic of Turkey): Disability Sports, Policies and Implementations Yeşim Albayrak Kuruoğlu 23. The landscape of sport for persons with a disability: a system within a system Caroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, with long-term effects on productivity, livability, and the sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on an empirical analysis of 21 case studies, which include pioneer projects from various regions. It investigates how successful smart city initiatives foster technological innovation by combining regulatory governance and private agency. The typologies of smart city-making approaches are thoroughly examined. This book presents the holistic approach of smart cities, which start from current issue and challenges, advanced technological development, disaster mitigation, ecological perspective, social issue, and urban governance. The book is organized into five major parts, which reflect interconnection between theories and practice. Part one explains the introduction which reflects the diversity and challenges of the urban commons and its regeneration. Part two covers the current and future situation of urban growth, anglomeration agglomeration, and urban infrastructure. This section includes rethinking urban sprawl: moving towards sustainable cities, drivers of urban growth and infrastructure, urban land use dynamics and urban sprawl and urban infrastructure sustainability and resilience. Part three describes climate crisis, urban health, and waste management. This section includes climate change and health impacts in urban areas, green spaces: an invaluable resource for delivering sustainable urban health, health and wellbeing and quality of life in the changing urban environment, urban climate and pollution—case study, sustainable urban waste management and urban sustainability and global warming and urban heat Island. Part four covers the ecological perspectives, advanced technology, and social impact for i.e., smart building, ecosystem services, society and future smart cities (SSC). This section includes urban ecosystem services, environmental planning, and city management, artificial intelligence and urban hazards and societal impact, and using geospatial application and urban/smart city energy conservation—case study. Part five covers urban governance, smart solutions, and sustainable cities. It includes good governance, especially e-governance and citizen participation, urban governance, space and policy planning to achieve sustainability, smart city planning and management and Internet of things (IoT), advances in smart roads for future smart cities, sustainable city planning, innovation, and management, future strategy for sustainable smart cities and lessons from the pandemic: the future of smart cities.Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction.- 1. Diversity and Challenges of the Urban Commons.- 2. Urban Commons and Regeneration.- Part II. Urban Growth, Agglomeration and Urban Infrastructure.- 3. Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities.- 4. Drivers of urban growth and infrastructure.- 5. Urban Land Use dynamics and sustainable urban management.- Part III. Climate crisis, Urban Health and Waste Management.- 6. Climate Change and Health Impacts in Urban Areas.- 7. Green Spaces: An Invaluable Resource for Delivering Sustainable Urban Health.- 8. Health and wellbeing and Qualityof Life in the changing urban environment.- 9. Sustainable Urban Waste Management and urban sustainability-case study.- 10. Global Warming and urban heat Island.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides insight on how the tactical urbanism has the capacity to influence change in mobility practices such as cycling. COVID-19 crisis prompted the public authorities to rethink the use of public space in order to develop means of transport that are both efficient and adapted to the health context and their effects on cycling practices in Europe, North, and South America. Its contributors collectively reveal and evidence through policies analysis, mapping, and innovative qualitative analysis bridging video and interviews, how those new infrastructures and policies can be a trigger for change in a context of mobility transition.This book provides an important element on the way local authorities can act in a quicker and more agile way. While some decisions are specific to the context of the beginning of the pandemic, the analysis offers lessons on the way to implement the transition toward a low-carbon mobility, on the importance of processes based on trials and errors, on the political stakes of reallocating road space.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Has cycling got a boost from the pandemic?- ‘School Streets’ and the adaptation London’s state-led tactical urbanism during COVID-19.- Public action in times of crisis: Trajectories of cycling policies in four French cities.- Press discourse on cycling before, during, and after the first COVID-19 lockdown in France. The rise of the user-group voice.- Tactical urbanism to develop cycling infrastructures: The implementation of COVID cycle lanes in Switzerland.- Temporary urbanism in pandemic times—Disruption and continuity of public action in Montreal.- Pop-up bike lanes and temporary shared spaces in Vienna during the COVID-19 pandemic.- The spatial dimension of “pop-up cycle paths” in metropolitan areas: A comparative study of France and Colombia.- Cycling in Bogotá during a pandemic. The influence of tactical urbanism and perceived in-security on bicycle usage.- Changing cycling practices and Covid cycle lanes in five French cities.

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