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Urban Democracy

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Oscar W. Gabriel
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  2. Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot
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  3. Hank V. Savitch
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Part of the book series: Städte & Regionen in Europa (SRE, volume 1)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Oscar W. Gabriel
      Pages 9-27

  3. Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Local government in Nordic big cities

      • Henry Bäck, Folke Johansson, Helge O. Larsen
      Pages 31-72

    3. Urban democracies in the Netherlands: social and political change, institutional continuities?

      • S. A. H. Denters
      Pages 73-126

    4. The two faces of urban democracy in Britain

      • Elinor Scarbrough
      Pages 127-186

    5. Democracy in big cities: the case of Germany

      • Oscar W. Gabriel
      Pages 187-259

    6. The fragmented democracy of French big cities

      • Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot
      Pages 261-311

  4. North America

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 313-313
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    2. Urban democracy in big cities in Canada

      • Louise Quesnel
      Pages 315-367

    3. The Transformation of American cities

      • Hank V. Savitch, Kevin DuPont, Elysium Drumm
      Pages 369-394

  5. Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 395-395
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    2. Urban democracy in Japan

      • Nobufumi Kawasaki
      Pages 397-429

  6. Summary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 431-431
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    2. Democracy in big cities: a comparative view

      • Angelika Vetter
      Pages 433-452

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 453-457
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About this book

Among social scientists consensus exists on urbanization as an indispensable aspect of social modernization. During the last century, the process of industrialization was accompanied by a huge wave of migration from rural to urban areas. The formation of big cities, in tum, made up the base for an increase of mass education as well as the spread of mass media. The changes induced by urbanization did not only have a strong impact on the structure of the society, but also did deeply change the way of social life. By the end of the 21st century, again, a close link seems to exist between the socio-economic transformation of the Western world on the one hand, and a new stage in the process of urbanization on the other hand. The service economy having replaced industrial production as the most important domain of economic life essentially needs the social and cultural infrastructure provided by urban or even metropolitan areas. Due to the development of fast and highly efficient systems of mass transportation, processes of social, cultural, and economic exchanges between the different parts of the world, but primarily between metropolitan areas. The development of new media of communication has facilitated the exchange of information of any kind, not only within a society, but, moreover, between societies separated by a large territorial distance from each other.

About the authors

Dr. Oscar W. Gabriel, Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Stuttgart;
Dr. Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur la vie local, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux;
Hank V. Savitch, Chair, Public Administration and Professor of Urban and Public Affairs, College of Business & Public Administration, University of Louisville

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Urban Democracy

  • Editors: Oscar W. Gabriel, Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, Hank V. Savitch

  • Series Title: Städte & Regionen in Europa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-99969-6

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8100-1954-7Published: 31 January 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-99969-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 457

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Science

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