Code: 04677550

Urban Governance

Name: Urban Governance
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 04677550
Price: 149.74 EUR
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by Richard H. Trainor, R. J. Morris

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 268
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000
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Book synopsis

This set of essays focuses on the theme of governance, addressing a wide range of questions on the ordering of order and the organization and legitimation of authority. At the heart of the book is a set of topics which have long attracted the attention of urbanists and urban historian all over the world: the growth and reform of urban local government, local-centre relationships, public health and pollution, local government finance, the nature of social elites and of participation in local government. Approaching these topics through the concept of governance is intended not only to raise a series of new questions but also to extend the scope of enquiry for the historian seeking to understand towns and cities all over the world in a period of rapid change. Questions of governance must be central to a variety of enquiries into the nature of the urban place. There are questions about the setting of agendas, about when a localized or neighbourhood issue becomes a big city or even national political issue, about what makes a "problem". Public health and related matter form a central part of the "issues" especially for the British; in North America fire and the development of urban real estate have dominated; in India the security of the colonial government had a prominent place. The historical dynamic of these essays follows the change from the chartered governments of the 17th and 18th centuries towards the representative regimes of the 19th and 20th. However, such historical change is not regarded as inevitable, and the effects of bureaucratic growth, regulatory regimes, the legitimating role of rational and scientific knowledge, as well as the innovatory use of ritual and space are all dealt with at length.