The Comparative Study of Local Government and Politics
Overview and Synthesis
1st Edition
Published on 24. October 2006
135 pages
978-3-8474-1297-7 (ISBN)
Description
The book provides a the state-of-the-art of local government studies, with an emphasis on contributions by political science. Particular attention is paid to the development of the research agenda in the field, of which a potential future development is outlined.
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Harald Baldersheim | Hellmut Wollmann
The Comparative Study of Local Government and Politics
Overview and Synthesis
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10/2006
1st Edition
Verlag Barbara Budrich
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Prof. Dr. Harald Baldersheim, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway Prof. (em.) Hellmut Wollmann, Institute of Social Science, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany
Content
- Cover
- The Comparative Study of Local Government and Politics. Overview and Synthesis
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - From Community to Power and Back Again? (Michael Goldsmith)
- Chapter 2 - Globalisation and the Study of Local Politics: Is the Study of Local Politics Meaningful in a Global Age? (Susan E. Clarke)
- Chapter 3 - Methodologies and Research Methods in Urban Political Science (Peter John)
- Chapter 4 - The Infrastructure of Researchand Academic Education (Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot)
- Chapter 5 - An Assessment of the Field of Comparative Local Government Studies and a Future Research Agenda (Harald Baldersheim & Hellmut Wollmann)
- About the contributors
- Index
