Metropolitan Democracies

Transformations of the State and Urban Policy in Canada, France and Great Britain

Bernard Jouve

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780815390510
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351153065
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Local & Regional Planning Public Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Originally published in 2005. Citizen involvement - and the concept of partnership - in urban governance has long been a major issue in the transformation of local democracy. The move from delegated to participative forms of local government has, in principle, profound consequences for governance at the scale of cities. However, it is clear that partnership and participation are interpreted in many different ways, according to the traditions of government in different countries. This volume brings together the experiences of three countries in which very different approaches to participation are evident: Canada, France and the United Kingdom. By comparing and reflecting on these countries' approaches and the resulting changes in governance, it provides an in-depth analysis of the intentions and effects of involving citizens in policy making. It also highlights innovative new forms of partnership which are emerging within metropolitan areas at a local level.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Metropolitan Cities at the Crossroads of Globalisation and Changing Politics
• 2 The Transformation of Citizenship and Democracy at Local and Global Levels
• 3 Contemporary Cities and the Renewal of Local Democracy
• 4 Partnerships and Transformation of the State in Urban Britain
• 5 London: The Mayor, Partnership and World City Business
• 6 The Contradictions of Partnership: Sheffield From Steel to Urban Regeneration
• 7 Toronto’s Reformist Regime, Municipal Amalgamation and Participatory Democracy
• 8 Municipal Reform and Public Participation in Montreal’s Urban Affairs: Break of Continuity?
• 9 The Fight for Jobs and Economic Governance: The Montreal Model
• 10 Putting Locally Based Management to the Test in French Public Policy
• 11 Participating in Development: The Case of a Public Open Space in Villeurbanne in the Lyon Conurbation
• 12 Local Democracy Under Challenge: The Work of the Agora Association in Vaulx-en-Velin, France
• 13 Instituting Proximity: The Arrondissements of Paris, Marseille and Lyon Since 1983
• 14 Metropolitan Democracies: From Great Transformation to Grand Illusion?
• Index