Metropolitan Governance in the 21st Century:

This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.

Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Metropolitan Governance, Democracy and the Dynamics of Place	p. 8
The New French Dice	p. 29
Building Metropolitan Governance in Spain	p. 47
The Emergence of Metropolitan Governance in Athens	p. 63
The Experience of Metropolitan Government in England	p. 81
Arrested Metropolitanism	p. 100
The Coming of Age of Metropolitan Governance in Helsinki?	p. 117
Reform and Democracy in the Rotterdam Region	p. 133
Metropolitan Governance in Germany	p. 151
Governing Without Government	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 188
Index	p. 203
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Metropolitan Governance in the 21st Century: Capacity, Democracy and the Dynamics of Place

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