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Twenty years after the launch of village elections, the time is ripe to assess the progress and impact of China’s most notable political reform. Where have elections been conducted well and where have they been conducted poorly? How have procedures changed over the years and have elections truly...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies. The book is divided into two interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the theoretical problems raised by recent work in...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law
This work considers the role of local government in 13 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The book aims to provide an account of the system of local government in each of the...
To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge
The fourth edition of this popular text is now expanded to better fit the needs of a standalone Texas Politics course. Jillson continues to approach the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, while giving students the most even-handed, readable,...
To Be Published July 7th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Democratization Special Issues
This book takes a closer look at the role and meaning of political opposition for the development of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. Why is room for political opposition in most cases so severely limited? Under what circumstances has the political opposition been able to establish itself in a...
To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge
The effects of neoliberal economic reforms in the Southern Mediterranean are now widely regarded as a main underlying cause of the Arab uprisings. An often neglected dimension is that of the reforms’ implications for local governance. The contributions to this edited volume examine how state power...
To Be Published September 2nd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
Since 2000, the Gulf Coast states – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida – have experienced a series of hurricanes, multiple floods and severe storms, and one oil spill. These disasters have not only been numerous but also devastating. Response to and recovery from these...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
Interest and research on regionalism has soared in the last decade. Local governments in metropolitan areas and civic organizations are increasingly engaged in cooperative and collaborative public policy efforts to solve problems that stretch across urban centers and their surrounding suburbs. Yet...
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Local government has a crucial role to play in shaping the outputs and outcomes of the public policy process. In no area of policy is this more true than in sport, with local authorities central to the delivery of community sport projects and a vital agent in providing opportunities to participate...
To Be Published February 14th 2014 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Public Administration and Environmental Sustainability
Baltimore, like many other cities around the globe, is redesigning local government policy and programs in order to become a more sustainable city. Sustainability, as a concept guiding public action, encourages city officials to integrate policy and programs addressing the economic, environmental,...
To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge
