Globalism and Local Democracy : Challenge and Change in Europe and North America

by Edited by Robin Hambleton, H.V. Savitch and Murray Stewart

• ISBN13: 9780333772256
• ISBN10: 0333772253
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-08-24
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This new book argues that cities and citizens are not helpless victims in a global flow of events. Three crucial questions are addressed through the three part structure: What is the nature of the globalization? What resulting challenges now confront cities and localities? How can local leaders respond to this changing environment in ways which strengthen local democracy?

Author Biography

Robin Hambleton is Professor of City Management and Associate Dean in the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol.

H.V. Savitch is Professor of Urban and Public Affairs and directs the Master of Public Administration Programme at the University of Louisville.

Murray Stewart is Professor of Urban and Regional Governance, and Director of the Cities Research Centre in the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
Acknowledgements	xi
Notes on the Contributors	xii
Preface	xv
Globalism and Local Democracy	1	(18)
Robin Hambleton
Hank V. Savitch
Murray Stewart
The political responses to globalisation	2	(3)
Implications for cities and urban research	5	(1)
A cross-national approach	6	(2)
Globalism and local democracy	8	(6)
Towards a strategy for local democracy	14	(2)
Note	16	(3)
Part 1 The Globalisation Process
The Globalisation Process	19	(11)
Hank V. Savitch
Exploring globalisation	19	(3)
Cities and uneven development	22	(1)
Prosperous and distressed cities	23	(4)
Global challenges and the delocalised city	27	(2)
Note	29	(1)
Globalism and Cities: a North American Perspective	30	(22)
Susan E. Clarke
Introduction	30	(2)
Metaphors of globalisation and localism	32	(4)
The new localism in North America	36	(5)
More diverse local policy agendas	41	(7)
Globalisation and local democratic practice in North American cities	48	(2)
Notes	50	(2)
Urban Homogenisation and Diversification in West Europe	52	(15)
Francois Ascher
The diversity of European cities	53	(1)
Metropolisation - the emergence of new forms of urbanisation	54	(1)
Spread, fragmentation and reconstruction	55	(1)
Metropolisation - the connection to globalisation	56	(1)
Territorial dualism	57	(2)
From territorial displacement to double embeddedness	59	(1)
The impact of new communication technologies	60	(3)
Is there an Americanisation of West European cities?	63	(2)
A single West European model of globalised cities?	65	(2)
Globalisation and Transformations in Political Cultures	67	(28)
Terry Nichols Clark
Core concepts re-examined	67	(2)
Globalisation transforms urban contexts	69	(3)
Specific fiscal management strategies	72	(7)
A New Political Culture	79	(7)
Citizens: a new active role	86	(1)
Decentralisation, metropolitan government and local democracy	87	(2)
Conclusion: an illustrative general proposition	89	(6)
Part 2 Cities at Risk - Challenge and Opportunity
Rapid Transformations in Post-Socialist Cities: towards an Uncertain Future	95	(13)
Margaret F. Reid
Introduction	95	(2)
From state socialism to capitalist accumulation regimes	97	(1)
Challenges confronting urban areas	98	(2)
The challenges of increased autonomy and internationalisation	100	(4)
Assessment of future opportunities	104	(2)
Conclusion	106	(1)
Notes	107	(1)
Managing Urban Ethnic Conflict	108	(17)
Scott A. Bollens
Cities at risk	109	(1)
Cities and intra-state conflict	110	(1)
Cities as catalysts	111	(1)
Governing ideology and urban policy	111	(4)
Urban policy and ethnic conflict	115	(4)
Urban policy and stability/volatility	119	(1)
Flashpoints or buffers?	120	(1)
The challenge of urban coexistence	121	(2)
Notes	123	(2)
Urban Policies in the Netherlands: from `Social Renewal' to `Big Cities Policy'	125	(22)
Robert Kloosterman
Dennis Broeders
Introduction	125	(1)
The Hague Southwest as a local community	126	(3)
Social Renewal policy	129	(5)
Big Cities Policy	134	(4)
Social Renewal and Big Cities Policy compared	138	(3)
Urban policies in the Netherlands	141	(2)
Acknowledgement	143	(1)
Note	143	(4)
Part 3 Innovations in Urban Governance
The New City Management	147	(22)
Robin Hambleton
Introduction	147	(1)
The change drivers	148	(2)
From local government to local governance	150	(3)
From public administration to new public management	153	(5)
The changing relationships between politicians, officers and citizens	158	(8)
Conclusions	166	(2)
Notes	168	(1)
A Network Paradigm for Urban Governance?	169	(16)
Chris Collinge
Alan Srbljanin
Introduction	169	(1)
The `network paradigm' debate	170	(3)
Governance in the West Midlands	173	(3)
Governance in southern Bavaria	176	(4)
Towards network analysis	180	(2)
Conclusions	182	(1)
Acknowledgements	183	(2)
Metropolitan Governance and Institutional Dynamics	185	(16)
Bernard Jouve
Christian Lefevre
Introduction	185	(2)
The new economic context requires new urban institutions	187	(4)
Behind the international competition of cities lies political competition	191	(3)
Dependency on local economic interests	194	(3)
Stuttgart - a `success story'	197	(1)
Conclusion	198	(3)
Local Democracy, Cross-Border Collaboration and the Internationalisation of Local Government	201	(18)
Andrew Church
Peter Reid
Introduction and the nature of cross-border collaboration	201	(2)
Understanding cross-border collaboration	203	(2)
Cross-border collaboration in the Transmanche region of France and England	205	(2)
The motives and possible benefits of cross-border collaboration	207	(7)
The problems of cross-border collaboration	214	(2)
Conclusions	216	(3)
Bibliography	219	(26)
Index	245