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1 online resource (273 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Routledge Series in Federal Studies
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Routledge series in regional and federal studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Urban power structures: territories, actors and institutions in Europe; 2 The metropolitan city of Bologna: from the 'Third Italy' to the Second Republic?; 3 The institutional dynamic of the urban region of Bordeaux: from the 'Chaban system' to Alain Juppé; 4 Building a new territory: the urban region of Lyons; 5 Manchester: an old metropolis. |
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6 Local government versus metropolitan government: the example of the Lake Geneva region7 Institutional policies in a federal state: the creation of the Association of the Urban Region of Stuttgart; 8 Turin: the vain search for Gargantua; 9 Greater Rotterdam: between local territoriality and national uniformity; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
A comparative analysis of eight different urban areas - Bologna, Bordeaux, Geneve-Lausanne, Lyons, Manchester, Rotterdam, Stuttgart and Torino - examining key urban issues that are high on the policy agenda of every national government. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Municipal government -- Europe -- Case studies.
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Municipal government. |
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Europe. |
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Case studies.
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Community power -- Europe -- Case studies.
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Community power. |
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Federal-city relations -- Europe -- Case studies.
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Federal-city relations. |
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Metropolitan areas -- Europe -- Case studies.
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Metropolitan areas. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Lefèvre, Christian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jouve, Bernard. Local Power, Territory and Institutions in European Metropolitan Regions : In Search of Urban Gargantuas. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780714652184 |
| ISBN |
9781135283780 (electronic book) |
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1135283788 (electronic book) |
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