Synopses & Reviews
In response to the challenges posed by urban decline, local policy activism has increased in countries across Europe. Renandeacute; Peter Hohmann argues here that we should view these area-based community initiatives, such as Englandandrsquo;s New Deal for Communities and Germanyandrsquo;s Social City Program, as incubators for new forms of urban governance that seek to foster the active participation of residents and nonprofit groups. Based on his comparative analysis of initiatives in Bristol, England, and Duisburg, Germany, Hohmannandrsquo;s study provides a richly informed assessment of local policy activism and its impact on neighborhood organizations and developers. and#160;
Review
andldquo;A well-structured and well-documented book, which analyses urban policies and local institutional framework in great detail and depth.andrdquo;
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Synopsis
This book is intended for students, researchers and libraries in planning and urban development studies; also professional planners and development officers in government, local and central, and property development professionals in surveying and property finance.
About the Author
Renandeacute; Peter Hohmann works as an urban policy expert for international development programs. He lives in Washington DC.and#160;
Table of Contents
Lists of figures, tables, boxes and appendices
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. New Localism(s) in Europe: restructuring local state spaces and public-service delivery in England and Germany
3. National urban policies for deprived urban areas: the birth of Area-Based Initiatives
4. Exploring the impacts of Area-Based Initiatives through a neo-institutionalist perspective
5. Lost in transformation: urban governance practices and the New Deal for Communities in Bristol
6. Local-government experiments to cope with structural change: the Social City Programme in Duisburg
7. The crystallization of New Localism(s) in Bristol and Duisburg: a cross-case comparison
8. The neo-institutional study of New Localism(s) as an analytical window for comparative urbanism: concluding reflections
Appendices
References
Index