Urban Governance and Democracy Leadership and Community Involvement [Paperback]

The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues of urban governance - leadership and community involvement - and how making these two elements more complementary can lead to more effective as well as legitimate policy outcomes.

The authors examine the dilemmas involved in ensuring effective governance, focusing on issues such as legitimacy, citizen participation, economic performance and social inclusion.Michael Hausis an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology. His current research focuses on the institutional design of local government in a comparative perspective. Recent publications include: *B?rgergesellschaft, soziales Kapital und lokale Politik, Leske & Budrich: Opladen 2002 (editor).
Hubert Heineltis Professor of Public Administration/Public Policy and Urban Studies at the Institute for Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology. His current research focuses on local policy and politics and European integration and EU cohesion policy, as well as on issues of participatory governance. He is co-chair of the study group Lokale Politikforschung of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), a member of the executive board of the European Urban Research Association (EURA), as well as co- of the series Gesellschaftspolitik und Staatst?tigkeit of Leske & Budrich, Opladen. His recent publications include:
*Brennpunkt Stadt. Stadtpolitik und lokale Politikforschung in den 80er und 90er Jahren (Stadtforschung aktuell 31), Birkh?user: Basel/Boston/Berlin 1991 (editor, together with Hellmut Wollmann)
*Politik in europ?ischen St?dten. Fallstudien zur Bedeutung lokaler Politik (Stadtforschung aktuell 38), Birkh?user: Basel/Boston/Berlin 1993 (editor, togl“u